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Clean Water for Poultry. Kvery poultry owner has realized how difficult it ii to keep the drinking water clean where the fowl* oan stand on the edge of the vessel or roost above it. An ingeni- ous plan foravoiding thisdiffioulty isshown in the accompanying engraving. A board bracket is nailed to a poll or to one of the tudding timbers and on the under side of he will no longer be led astray by th e political crank who, posing as a Moses to lead him out of the wilderness of unjus taxation and olass legislation, is nine tim out of ten nothing but a Judas seeking t hold the money, bag. This College has reaion to be proud o the doctors, lawyers, teachers and preach era who claim her at their Alma Mater but let ti-r not think her work was throw away upon those who are classed a agricultural*. Their college days wer not spent in vain. They may have but chered the already dead languages an been lead at times to doubt the axiom tha " figures never lie," but in so doing the eaiued a power of thought and control mind that will be a possession of na mea value. Their names may not reflect th luttre of greatness upon these walls, bu the silent, yet active influence of their liv will be felt in their respective communitie and ever on the side of progress. Th will ennoble their calling and show to thei fellows that those only may be truly sai to live who find some " p\ce to think an to fetl like moral and immortal creatures. DEVICE FOR Kt KITS'. WATER CI.EAX. It is horizontally fastened a square piece of broad board which serves as a shelf to keep the droppings iro-n falling into the drinking vessel l)-low. The vessel should be of such a height that the fowl cannot get between it and the shelf so a* to roost on the edge of the vessel. Blocks may be placed below it for this purpose. At the same time the shelf should be sufficiently high that the fowl need only to stoop very slightly to drink. This simple contrivance will be. found of great service in protecting the drinking water which must b given to the fowls in their houses on stormy or very cold days. The Farmer. At a Georgetown, Kentucky, college banquet recently Mr. Rhodes H. Thomas, responding to the toast " The Farmer" said : There has been for many yeats a popular idea that the farmer's mission in life is analagous to that of his friend and fello laborer the mule. It is expected that he will make a faithful beast of burden for other more favored classes. If he ki>:ks and grumblei no l >ody cares, for it is just the nature of the brute. Also his peculiar and ridiculous actions are expected to furnish a never-failing source of amusement for his fun-loving friends. The country cousin is a pearl of great price to every wit and caricaturist. "Old Hayseed" is our national clown, and his chief charm it that he never knows be has been in the ring until the circus is over Everybody admits that the farmer makes an excellent tax-payer, and at the proper season he is of great use to the summer boarder. Were it not for him the business of the bunco man would ceaso to be remunerative, and the manufacture of xold brickt would have to be abandoned. Of course, there is some elenrent of truth at the bottom of such exaggerated opinions. The well- balanced and well rounded man mutt possess good health, a pure heart snd a cultivated mind. The farmer has the health; the touch of mother earth invigorates her children to-day even as it renewed tin weakening energies of Ant., ut of old. Hi heart is full of pure impulses, for dame nature is his companion and daily sett him ths example of loving truit in the Giver o all thing*. To till the soil and not to think of i .0.1 is in the nature of an l in pot sibility. We look to Him for the needed rain ; the sun shines but at His bidding, we toiling on, may sow and plant, but He give* the increase. But there is a great lack of intellectuality in the farmer, as a class, that handicaps him every day of his life, and undoubtedly there is a certain uncouth roughness of ths unpolished jewel that appeals strongly to the humor of his fellow-men. Such a con- dilion in the past was inevitable ; the first the ohur stag* of a nation a* of a child, demands a simple food for body ; th* mind grows later on. with the But now a better day hat dawned. The PEARLS OF TRUTH. Patience is the art of hoping Yanven targues. Experience making all futures, fruiti all the past. [Arnold. If you would create something, you mus be something. [I icethe. Forget not to say often, 1 have all I hav ever enjoyed [Mrs. L. M. Child. Nothing can need a lie ; a fault hic need* it most grows two thereby. [Her bert. He alone is an acute observer who can observe minutely without being observed [ Lavater. The sower of the seed is assuredly th author ol the whoh harvest of mischief. [Demosthenes. Agitation is the method that plant* th school by the side of the ballot-box. [Wen dell Phillipt. The more we do, the more we can do ; th more buty we are the more leiture w have [Ha/litU He who establishes his Argument by noise and command shows that his reason l weak. [Montaigne. Charity lays the rough paths of peevisl nature even, and opens in each heart . little heaven. [Prior. Change of opinion is often only th progress of sound thought and growing knowledge. [Tryon Taylor. A man ol meditation is happy, not for an hour or a day, bnt quite round the circle ol all bis years [Isaac Taylor. A man mutt be both stupid and unchan table who believes there is no virtu* or truth but on his own side. [A*l^ison. As virtua is necessary in a republic am honor in a monarchy, lear is what is re <|iiirc.l in a tlespotition. [Moutetquieu. ( >ne of the most wonderful things in na ture ii a glance of the eye ; it transcends speech ; it is the bodily symbol of identity. [Emerson. He whose first emotion, on the view of an excellent work, is to undervalue or depreci- ate it, will never have one of his own to show. [Alken. idea that a gocd education was a necessity for the professional man alone is exploited. (That store of knowledge, that culture of mind, which was once possessed by the few, and marked them a* a separate class, is now the goal of the miny. And when to- night I claim and advocate for the farmer the best the table affords in I he way of in- tellectual viands, I am the exponent of no new creed. To read, to write and to cipher are not his tole requirements. He needs in his business a higher and more thorough education. Thus equipped he Is better rre pared to make the race for wealth and inde- pendence. The mind trained to think will enable him to seize upon his opportunities, whether thuy be for making jutlu-.oui, investments or procuring new implement! whose labor saving nature is readily per. ceived and valued. Mi* acquired knowledge will enable him to understand the character and capacities of the soil he cultivates and to supply its wants. And better than all, he will have a fuller appreciation of the dignity ol man and the opportunities of life. Itroader and nobler avenues of enjoyment will be opened, a clearer perception of duties to himself and mankind will be given. He must still turn ths soil, but he will do it Intelligently, not slavishly ; he muit still furnish hi* fellow men their daily bread, hut will also be able to digest and enjoy the mental feast* they spread for him. Again, the welfare of oir government ilsmamU an educated farmer. We are, and will be for many years, an agricultural nation. Almoit one half the voters who elect onr law-maker* are farmer*. Our magistracy and our laws only represent the character of the constituency, The whole policy and tone of government must sink ar rite to the standard of popular intelli- gence and character. Educate the farmer then, that he may study for himself the prinriples of national economy, that he. may apprehend the Deeds ol his time and A Window Sash Device. A novslty in electrical appliances is a 'indow-saah operating device. It consists of a switch liaviD? two keys, one of which operates the upper sash, while the other controls the lower part of the window. Up- turning the key to right the saihes tre raised, and they are lowered by a move ment in the opposite direction. The device is adaptable to any window, but little preparation being needed and the re* modeling of the frame being unnecessary. In one particular respect it is a great con- venience on the approach of a storm all the windnwi of the house can be instantly closed without a visit to each window being entailed. This is not only a good feature in it* use lor sohools.halla.public and office buildings, but it makes the invention specially applicable to churches, as the minister can hi ve his pulpit provided with a switch board, and whenever he findi the atmosphere of the church too oppressive he of fresh air from one If need be, however, can let in a supply or a dozen window*. the church cm be made self -regulating : device can be placed in circuit window mechanism which will e upper sash of the build- automatically open or clore the according to the temperature ing. Sun Spots and Drouth. Further confirmation of the theory that there is a distinct connection between sun- spot* and terrsstrialdroulh has besn furnish- ed *by that eminent scientist, M Saveliel. He ha* painstakingly studied the variations of the sun'i heat received by the soil of the earth at diflerent stages of solar disturbance ever since the year IS'.NI. These elaborate rssearohes demonstrate that in all probabil- ity the calorific intensity of the sun's rays augment* in proportion to the increase of urtnoil on ths solar surface. There wax a maximum culmination of the suuspot epoch this year. Signs of terrific commotion ou .(Id Sol's disc were abundant. Noteworthy n this connection is the fact that the tem- peratures registered in the interior of North America have been unusually high. Maxi- mum shade temperatures between the Alle- (henies and the Rookies have repeatedly "his summer exceeded 100 degrees Fahren- ifii. In several instance* the mercury in he shade it reported to have climbed to 100 and loti degree*. WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF. THE GLOBE. Id n.l Mrw Werld Evealt ef Inlrretl I hr-.al. Ir.l llrlrtti lnlrrr.lli.il Ha|> *! ef BerrBl Dale. Lily Langtry is writing a novel. Saxony has the deepest mines. , Thimbles made of lava are used in Na- ples. The greatev. salt mine is Wieliezki, near .Carcow. There is still an army of chimney sweeps in England. Indians comprise about one-half of Mexi co's population. In Italy 30 persons out of 10,000 die by the assassin's knife. The caliph of Khartoum has TOO watche and not one of them goes. Parrot* cost but ten cents each to th dealers in Central America. Sir John Millais became a pupil in an artist's studio before he was 1 1 years old. Printer* of the Pall Mall Gazette *.. their matter from the dictation of phono graph. Sig. Crispi is suffering from cataract. A operation will probably be performed short The best ?orks come from Algeria. Ther are 2,530,000 acre, of cork forests in tha country. The Roman Catholics of London propose 10 build a monster cathedral which wil COSt tJ.'H l.l)ll. The government of South Africa is im porting Knelish hackney stallions fo breeding purpotet. Mr. Lea, of the English firm of Lea t I'errin, sold his " tauce share in the con rern for $.'iOO,000. It is estimated that nearly -JO.OOO pounds of bread are daily eaten in the Sultau o Turkey's household. Vkiulla culture is increasing on thi island of Reunion, in the Indian Ocean the export of product being nearly loo tons yearly. A German paper states that .VJ 1 , t 10 shells were discharged by their armies against the French fortresses in the war o! 1870-71. Although the Suez Canal is only eighty eight miles long, it reduces the distance from England to India by sea nearly 4.0OO - nlet. If the I'rince of birthday present to each of his near relatives, he is soon reminded of his negl gence. The healthiest children in the world dwell n the Scottish Highland. They seldom wear thoes before they are twelve year* ol age. According to the Commander in -Chief ol India, :>0,ciOU out of 70,000 men compoeiuf) the army have been sent to the hospital] within two years. Types are not uisd in Printing Persian newspapers. The "copy' 1 is given to an expert penman, who writes it oat neatly. Wales forgets to make I'hrn his work is lithographed. Trees from which common wood it taken n Tonqum are mined instead of being taken : rom the living forest. They are found mi led under a sandy soil. It is repotted that an extensive deposit auriferous stone ha* heen discovered at Houut Huxley, on ihe west coast of Tas- mania, in the .Mount Lyell district. Kurasiaiii (half breeds), according to a ecent decision of the Indian (-in-eminent, .re not allowed to enter British regiments,' T even form a regiment by themselves. A wonderful echo is heard at Eagle's Nest, Killarney. A bugle played on one ide of the lake, at this point, it repeatedly choed as if multiplied by a hundred iist ru- men ts. The Japanese some time ago adopted 'Urial of the dead, but they have reverted o their old custom of burning the dead on ccount of its sanitary recommendations. Flammarion, the French astronomer, as- ribei to astronomical cranks the idea that (art has been trying to signal this planet. o far as be is concerned it it a signal allure. The only woman in England, who is pro- rietor, editor and manager of a newspaper s Mrs. Corny ns, of the Feathered World, circulation of which paper it JJ INK) weekly. The Chinese value an old pair of boots which have been worn by an upright magis- rate, and the custom of wishing a friend a happy foot" is still observed all through urope. The largest book ever known it owned y Queen Victoria. It is eighteen inches lick and weighs sixty- three pounds, and ntains the addresses of congratulation on is occasion of her jubillee. A law is to be passed in Costa Rica mak- ng the sale to foreigners of Indian anliqui- s collected in the republic a crime pun- nable with severe penalties. A similar aw ii to be pasted in Ecuador. A disease peculiar to Japan is known as akke. which ii thought to be the result of rice diet. The disease is a slow degener- ion of the nervous system and ileadily country. They extend from the level of the sea far up into the mountain sides. The Emperor of Japan U described as a very intelligent-looking man of forty years. His blood is the oldest of any ruling power in the world, descending in an unbroken line from the first Mikado, 600 B.C. Gustav Williseb, a Berlin shopkeeper, was fined twenty dollars by a police court two weeks ago for having called a telephone girl who kept him waiting fifteen minutes " a miserable, brazen-faced woman." Three ratplcrry canes in the gardens of the London Horticultural Society wsre grown from seeds found in the stomach of a man whose skeleton was dug up from one of the old burial mounds in North Britain. Mr. Wm. Stanhouse, whose death at Edinburgh, at the age of 90 years, is an- nounced, played golf as far back as the day* of George III. The Burntisland Golf Club has reports of his triumphs nearly 79 years old. In Germany the btide U entitled to the Morgenabe, morning gift, the custom having formerly been that on the morning after the wedding she was entitled to ask for wbat she pleased, and her request could not be refused. The oldest arm-chair in the world is the throne used by (,'ueen Hatafu, who flourish- ed in Egypt 1000 B.C. It is made of ebony, beautifully carved, and u so hardened with age a* to appe&r to be carved from black marble. Mr. Maxim's flying machine which was injured by an accident last Ju y, has been repaired. He now offer* to build a machine for crossing the English Channel within a year if $-^50,000 i. turni bed him for that purpose. A strange law exists in England. It pro- hibits the Queen from reading documents or receiving any letters, except from her own family, until they have first been scanned by the otticial authorized to examine the royal correspondence. The latest report, about the Ger-n peror is to the etfect that he proposes to be crowned in Berlin next year. In that event there will be a splendid ceremony, at which all the crowned heads of the fatherland and other royalties will be present. A monster salmon was lately taken out of the Spey by the fisher* employed by the Duke of Richmond and Gordon. It weighs exactly 6) Ib., and is 4 feet, 4) incnes long. Its girth about the tboulder is -' feel, 4} the tail it measures icreasmg weakness of the (.alien*.. K.dward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, th* A Gentle Hint, like to borry a medical Tramp "I'd almanac, mum.' Housekeeper "What for?" Tramp "1 want* ter see wot th' doctors recommend (sr an empty feelin' in th' itummiok." Some China Talx. "I'm mashed on the floor," remarked the jlate a* ths hired girl let it drop. "I'm all broke up on it myself," rejoined the tea-cup ai it slipped from the waiter when the girl stooped down to piek up th* >ieoes of ths plate. oungest son of Charles Diokens, has been ving in Australia for more than twenty ve years, and is a membar of Parliament om Wilcannia, New South Wales. The late Lecomte de Lisle, the French poet and academician, was long regarded as one of the handsmest men in r ranee, and his flowing white hair and tall frame made him a picturesque figure in his old age. Ths new Unite of Stxe-Cobnrg-Gotha is tattooed much in the rame way as his brother-in-law, the i.rand Duke of Alexis, while his nephew, the Duke of York, has a couple of crossed Hags upon his fore- arm. M. Vuillod, the "cannon man," who gained celebrity in Paris and elsewhere by catching cannon halls as they were dis charged at him from a large gun, is one of the deputies elected to the new chamber. In the Sandwich Islands the apple ha* become wild, and forests of treei of many acres ar* found in the various parts of the in., and juit above about 10 in. round. Reference has frequently been made of late to the rapid way in which the Prince of Wales was aging. Since the death of his son it has aftected his appearance still more, and robbed him of what had been left of the once peculiarly healthful hue of his complexion. The Rareni of Burmah have their mar- riages at a funeral feast. When a villager dies his remains are temporarily disposed of until one or more marriages can be arranged, when they are disinterred, a great feast made, and the funeral services properly performed. Most of the men in the islands of south- western -lapan lead lives of idleness, and are cheerfully supported by the women. The male* are fond of mutic, some of them >eing excellent musicians on various instru- ments ; but it it considered disgraceful for a woman to play. THE CAMP AT LEVIS. m.-rr. .inU Urn of ikr Wllllla Will I* iirB.nir.i by Ike Kaewlrslce (..l.ir.i. It is satisfactory to know that the assembling of the Canadian regulars at the camp opposite Quebec is likely to do much n the direction ol improving the instruction given at the Infantry Schools. Previously o this the permanent companies have had very little of.what is known as field traili- ng, that is to say advanced guards, out- KMU, the attack, hasty intrencbments, etc. .'he exercises at Levis, it seems, were main- y these, and the course laid down in the rill-book was performed by the companies n succession, and later by the whole as a lattalion. Reoonnoissance and sketching ormrd an important part of this training, he whole being under th* active superin endence of Major-General Herbert, who rom early morning till late in the day was with the troops, instructing, directing, and riticising with a keenest acd an interest hich surprised those under him. In all this he was ably seconded by ( 'olonel Otter, who commanded the regiment, and who, throughout, showed that indefatigable zeal which has always characterized him both as a volunteer and as a regular soldier. The officers and men of the militia who in future attend the schools will no doubt be benefited by the knowledge which the per- manent corpi have acquired. It iiundei- stood that held training and more practical work of preparing men for active service are to be given greater prominence at tke schools, especially when the more advanced officers are pretent for instruction. STONE DUE-HALF BOLD, LONDONDERRY FIND THE RICH EST ONE IN AUSTRALIA. Te Dunn Itrolkrr. Ul.ri.tr r rrf .nMr "hrrr Between < Ijcanll.- ><! Lake Bjirlrf Wkltk I. 1 llrr.l I , ..I r^.l wtlk Ike Vrllew Metal -Wb.lr Tew* r Ide lale in x I. ..,10 rind Ike l..r.n,,n ..r Ike tew tllur. Thirl) ur Irr.-, Vllik 1 > rraic. Urplk er U . rru A telegram from Cuolgirdie, A'utraiia. ayt : The theory that there wu nothing to compare with Bayle) t mine received a rade knock when the Londonderry tiud leaked out, but even a greater uitcovery ha* juit been made known. One of the Messrs. Dunn Bros, came in the other evening with a camel load of quartz from a newly-discovered reef, much of the stone being half gold. The reef i aituated tome- where between Coolgardie and Lake Barlee > which ii 150 miles weit by north from this town, but any cloter description the proe- pector refuse* to give for the present. The itone is different from that of the Londonderry, being more iron-stained, but it is otherwise of the tame class. The reef is described a* a very bold outcrop. Thi* is borne out by some of the blocki of stone, comprising 450 poundt weight, which hare arrived. Most of it i> overgrown with moss, with iron-stains showing great blotches of the precious metal all over. These, how- ever, when broken show clear quartz with very massive gold all through. The reef has been named the Wealth of Nations and shows every sign of doing justice to its cognomen. Not only is it immensely rich bat it is very wide, show- ing about thirteen to fourteen fest at the spot where the richest gold was discovered, while the average all through the thirty- four acres pegged by the prospector* is five feet. The lucky finders are J. C. Dunn %nd _, mrmmm *** omai Dunn, who originally came from Hillgrove, but have for years been prospect- ing on hehalf of a Perth syndicate compris- ing Sir John Forrest, Alexander Forrest. Mr. Marmion, and a few other capitalist*, Dunn's plan of work has always ben to strike out into fresh country and'he nas proved several good reefs in his time The locality of the present find has beea visited previously by Mr. Dunn, who one* camped withn five miles of the find, but failed to discover the reef, although withit such a short d.stance. One of the biggest blocks, called Honest John, weighs ISO pounds and is at Isast half gold. It ha* been carefully handled and thows l he weather staining of ages, while the huge lump* of gold, which are sticking all over it, are in places blackened by the weather with moss-like growths on the metal. The specimens on show are, however infants compared with one which the pro* pet-tor was unable to bring in. This block two men and a black boy failed to move. ,t is so full of gold that Mr. Dunn failed to break it despite th# free use of a ham- mer. He states that it was like hammering a block of metal, and he finally had to abandon his intention of bringing it in, T. Dunn was left in charge. The whole town is anxious to follow Mr. I>unn out on his return, but he intend* getting off alone if possible, as the itone is o ru-h they w*sh to get some more broken pieces into the bank before the crowd arnvei. The prospectors have pegged out trurty.six acres ot ground, through which there are outcrops sll the way. They are satisfied that the property is the nche*t yet dit.-overed in the colony. IN A MEXICAN MARKET. Facts About Accidents. There are a good many interesting facts in the newly issued general report of the British Board of Trade upon the rail- road accidents in the I'nited Kingdom dur- ing 1 WW. It appears that the total number of accidents to trains was 46, the lowest on record, and only about one-fourth of the number that used to occur twenty years ago.whenjthe statistic* were first collected. Within that time the number of passenger trains has more than doubled. 1 here were 17 passengers killed in 1893, or 1 ID 51,000,- 000 journeys, and 4S4 were injured, or 1 in tu.iioii journeys. These figures also establish new low records. The foar principal accident* were due to trains leav- ing the rails. About one-half the accidents were caused by the negligence or mistakes of railroad officers or servant*, and seven ere due to defective arrangement of signals. Only two were the result of a failure of brakes. It is satisfactory to not* that the number of collisions from whatever cause is declining steadily. Taking all causes and classes of accident* into account, the report shows that only one passenger is killed in S.!J87,UOO paasenger journeys; and only on* in 715,000 is injured. This is the highest and wont estimate, for in train ac- cidsnts the immunity is vastly greater. r ii r..i. hruhp>sr* for Kale. The article* seen in the market I will here give as they wsre written down dur- ing a rcoent Sucday morning visit, says a recent traveller in Mexico. ment is under cover and One depart - is rilled with assorted fruits, including oranges, lemon*. lime*, pineapples, pears, peaches, plums. bananas, quinc**, alligator peart, cocoa- nuts and many other tropical fruiti, most cf which, owing to the high market tax and costly transportation, sell at about our prices. The street* and sidewalks in the vicinity are lined with men, women and children, who are seated on the ground surrounded by their market product*. which include besides the ordinary vege- table market product, parrot*, pigeons, unweaned puppies, game chickens, pet lambs, haltered pigs and kids. Then there are heaps of eld iron, bird caget, cheap calico, brass jewelry, boiled corn, potatoes. stewed pumpkins, beans, pepper, cooked and raw pigs' feet, sheep heads, heart*. lights, and entrails. There are also flint* and tinder for starting fire*, metals.mount- ed stone for grinding corn, roots, Uark and medical herbs and dye wood*. Close by we see fried shrimp and grasshoppers. Kach are cooked whole and eaten so. The latter are about the size of our common grasshopper, but are entirely red, but as to looks 1 would just ss soon try to go the common "hopper" of the north. Bdaidea these the native* gather the eggs of the swamp tly and boil them into a paste and eat them with salt, chili (pepper) and tortilla*. The My and it* egg* are each sold in the market. The former it some- what smaller thau the house fly, while the eggs are about the size and color of a hay- seed. In fact, everything is eaten her* that the human stomach will digest or any thing that is capable into scup. of being convened Wrongs of Waiters. Waiter "Ye*, sir, we're goin' to strike." Friend "Want more wag** 7" "No." "Shorter hours, then. ' "No." "Hum ! what'* wrong." "The boss don't furnish guest* with the) best quality of food, an' the oooks ar* careless." "What's all that to you?" .. | "We don t get no tips." N