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AGRICULTURAL. iir. . .iiiii stair? .. \:\ . LORi. It AlTkZV We often see farmars go on year after year trying t< :naku butter from court no better adapted to that purpose than the Clydesdale U for a ra -e horse. Tim is not th result of carelessness or indifference. They spend money freely to biiug their herds up to their ideal, but the nearer they get to their mode! the further they are from getting a profitable dairy animal. Why? Because . they are trying to produce a physical im- possibility called a general purpose cow. A cow that will combine m one carcase all the different breeds from the gross phlegmatic Hereford, which ha* been bred and trained fur age* tor the purpose of laying on flesh, to the highly organized and nerrmis- tem- pered Jersey, which ha* been bred and trained for an entirely different purpose, that of giving a large How of rich milk. N'o amount of reasoning will convince those men of their error. But it is noticeable that they are the ones who are always grum- bling that dairying doesn't pay. Another class want a large cow. one they can sell for beef after her usefulness is over. But first consider, what are you keeping the cow for ? If for making butter then you want the cow that will give the largest return for the food eaten. If the larger cow will not make such return in pro- portion to her size over the medium sued one she is kept at * loss. Few seem to real- ize that it takes a certain kind of food just to support the cow and keep her alive. Alter that what she eats goes into milk or meat Now the big cow of 1400 Ibs. will require just so much more food of support than the medium one of say 9CO Ibs., as 1400 is to 900. And unless the extra food eaten goes to the production ot butter a lex a is the result. Keep this up for eight or ten years and the big calves and extra 500 Ibs of old cow beef will not make the loss good. We should first find out for whit purpose we want a cow and then breed the cow that comes nearest to our needs. If butter is the object there is no breed that can approach the Jersey in the econ- omical production of a first-class article. Why? Bectuse she is the oldest and best established of all our dairy cattle, having been bred pure for over 'JOO years for this very purpose. You may say we cannot all have thoroughbred Jerseys on account of their high price. Suppose such is the case, it by no means follows that every dairyman canuut avail himself of this blood to improve the herd he now has, as young bulls of this breed can be bad at prices very little in advance of the price of scrubs, and by a con- tinued use of a thoroughbred sire a herd of common or native cows may in a few ye ir< be brought up to a point that fop all pra.-ti cal purposes will be equal to thoroughbred*. Thus the first progeny of such a union will have .">0 per cent of thoroughbred blood, the next generation 7"< per cent, the nex 1 " per cent, the fourth generation will have fifteen-sixteenths or St.'!,' per cent of the thoroughbred, while the sixth generation has MS and seven-sixteenths per cent of pure blood, and would be what is called a full bred very nearly. In selecting cows care should be taken to get them of as ncarU nniform type as ps*i* i>Ie. The head should be small and lean, eyes full and mild, neck lull and thin, p shoulders thin, backbone prominent and pen between joints, hips wide. lrg short and tine b med, barrel well rounded and large, deep through bvliiml the shrulders, to give plenty of room for heart and lungs, udder large, running well forward .t ( back, teats ratlier short, hut thick and wide apart. Avoid those whose, udders show a tendency to collapse After being mnk grant that cows with bags that milk down MOlUs. a year and I know of no reason why *IEV : t> l\f>TBV every dairyman in the country cannot do Still another method of converting iron into steel is announce. 1, ditfenr.i; from the Tf Ujm--il.li, l Urharniaz. | ordinary cementttiou process l,v the snbsti- It is becoming mor* evident that there are tution of sarbonued or partially charred .__ , .i_- -i-- p;oa [ Kenera two sides to tne dehoruiug question. In a t letter tiie director of the Agricultural (Experimental station of the University of Wmv.n.'in, 1'rof. \V. A. Henry, advocates the practice for humane reasons. He say*: " I am surprised to learn that people on the American continent think of prosecuting a man for cruelty that is hu- mans enough to cut the horns from ins cattle. >V'e have repeatedly dehorned iteers, cows, and calves, at this station, and to-day there are only four cows upon the place that have horns, all of which are recent purchases, and their horns will come off within a few days, at which time we will have our agricultural students present to witness the operation, so that they may be better able to practice it when they return to their farms. After four jean of experience I am confident that the act of dehorning is hu- mane and beneficial, and can prove it by the actions of our herd to any reasonable per- son. Horns have been cut off in this one State of Wisconsin by tens of thousands until in some sections very few cattle now remain with their horns. The only people opposed to it are those who know nothing aiiout it, and whose lively imaginations pic- ture the act as one of cruelty. At the stock yards in C. lie-ago no small part of the cattle there received have had tlieir horns remov- ed. The best way to convm e a jury would be to take them out and let them witness the operation, and watch the herd. If they could see how the cattle act before and after dehorning, they would send the prosecutor to prison rather than the dehorner. In case of bulls I consider a man criminally careless who allows an animal to retain his power- ful fatal weapons when in five minutes time they could he removed, and a large part of \- at intervals, which give the necessary double taper 13 the cask. The sheet* of wood are finally formed up into a cylinder, and the first two hoops driven on my the machine, there being thus only one stave in the cask, and, consequently, only one joint. The sheets of wood can receive any degree of 'hnirin** spent tan for the charcoal generally used. The resulting steel, it is claimed, is not blistered nor the grim of the iron liars de- letenously affected, so that reheating or re- melting u unnecessary. A sewing maching has been invented which stitches easily anil rapidly through layers of leather five-eighths of an inch in thickness, this having been accomplished on a first exhibitorv trial; in a second trial, stitches were made evenly and rapidly through a piece of bird's-eye maple three- eighths, of an inch thick ; and, in a third test, the still more remarkable feat was achieved, viz., that of sewing through a lay- er of braas one-eighth of an inch thick, plabed between pieces of leather. A parallel knitting machine is a recent invention, designed to produce various forms of garments, such as corsets, trousers, com- bination garments, gloves, stockings, Ac., in various patterns and colors, and of wool, silk, or cotton, with or without interwoven rubber thread. In this ingenious mechan- ism the needle beds are formed of perman- ent and removable strips of steel, separated by flanges or projections, and clamped in position in the frame of the machine by means of set screws. The jacks are formed on a bar, in divisions to correspond with the width of the needle space divisions ; and the cams are mounted upon a plate, being lifted out of action, as the cam carriage travels along the slide bar, by stops and a slotted plate. At the bottom of each bed rollers carrying Jacquard cards are mounted upon rocking arms, the*e cards being caused to act upon the projecting tails ofthe needles by levers and slide bars, operated by cam* on the shaft. Two or more swivelling bob- _ f bins are used for producing change of color* the danger destroyed. The bull is bad at in ,i strip**, the number of swivels Using de- any time, but he is much safer with horns termmed by a pattern eha'i. Rubber thread off than on." Thi. .abject will probably it inser t tfll by an additional thread earner' ""f' 1 f k * *~ "e centrep, ' engage the attention of the Legislation dur- .na, emlar. and would serve better fi rui >0TBr MDIt. brought up agunst a long broad e itting f blade the log is revolved, the anile au-.o- I matically approaches it, and the rheet of t~r**l sad aw tu *! 1 s>rrrlpil. e/ * mcod passses out to the rear of the mac!... - rrjlo.- March ltrr.ilc !< usiadlaas. rough an opening in the frame just at the n . tM mjllt ary operation* Wade, as in plane The sheet in , h nort of j ndu the Pinoeer fl^ g,,,, f wood u drawn from the marine on t . particu^, which will !* in- UU* where it is cut into length, su. . , ,,., when th know he diameter of the barrel ; the length, . ^ ^peJu.on referred to was com- B taken to a (troovicg machine and^roov- . m ^ M by a gallant officer who has re. Hi near the edge, for receiving the head and u , ,, ^.f^f friend . m Canada : - ! the cask ; the wood u now pat .. The orficer / proce))dlng ^ , .,lg lt by the to another machine, which cut. long, nar- T lm , ^ gjg route {.,. h J} ^ ' com , pece. or guMeU, out o. the edge. ^ here> the R^ wu lmpr acticable owing to the heavy fall of snow. ihe. officers had a somewhat rough time of it. The day* were short and culd, the march*, long, aud the snow ankle deep. The Trag lial pass was crowed on the 27th December, and it was just possible, as the wind wa* from the south, and when the snow did fail it might be light and not extend a* far al the Burz.l ; but in spite of double march**, starting by torch -light before six o'clock ia It is undoubted that last year's abundant as nowslorm, changing onol.es half way ia harvest has instilled the brightest hopes for the snow and marcningtill dark, the orEoer the future in the breasts of the reole of Man failed to reach the Burzil before tne snow itoba. The severe cold ofthe winter u some- , fell, and they found a fresh fall of six f**t what trying, but it u true and certain that and a hi >zard blowing with every prospect 1.0 more delightful and invigorating climate of more to follow. The position wa* not al- lists than our own. When wo make up together pleasant because the party wa. our minds to recognize that fact our measure between two passes, the Brazil hopelessly of prosperity as a c-iuntry will be greater, blocked and if more snow fell the Tragbal and our mcasu-e of health and spirits as in- ' might be blocked too, so there waa nothing dividual* more satisfactory. If man or wo- for it but to race back for the Tragbal befor* man is ill or oat of health, it too often hap- more snow fell, and the officer* crossed, pens thtt the trouble is attributed to " this only just in time, a* the heavy snow fell accursed climate. ' The government would be doing a great service if it wouM have printed and freely circulated statistics show- ing, first.the average longevity of life in the different countries of the world, secondly, the average number of people atHicted with sickness, and. thirdly, the average number of deaths. These should be printed nit in a ponderous blue book that defeats its own gage the attention of the Legislate ing the present session. A phase of the dehorning question of spe- cial interest to the farmer is the effect the operation has upon the milk giving capabili- ties of the cow. The Agricultural Kxperi- ment Station of Cornell University in a re- cent bulletin state that they have m ide it a practice for the past six or seven years to dehorn cows as soon as they came into the dairy, and at the present time there is no animal having horns on the farm. Wh'le for the most p,m the horns have been re- moved by students and others who have never even seen the operations performed, they have, as yet. to meet the first case stops. Some Scotch chemists announce tha dis covery of a process for the extraction of gold and silver from th* refra tory ^old and sil- ver sulphide ores of the Champion mine- in New Zealand ores well known tor tlieir very refractory niture all the methods now iu use have failed to treat them satis- factorily : that is, the b*st results that have been obtained in former trials were by a process which took sixteen boors in treat- ment, with an extracting power of from So to *7 per cent, of gold and from 7- cent, of silver, while with the new the time for treatment is reduced from six- teen hoars to four, and this with an extract object, but on a neat card that might be hung in every post office and municipal office and chamber in the land. The statistics cal- than any- only the day after. Xone of the party had a thermometer, but it was cold. A fell- colored ebonite bottle filled with tea at six o'clock was frozen solid by nine. But th* jold and stiff marches seemed to hav% sgreed with everybody." The many friends of the late Ma jor Hill of St. Catharine*, Ontario, will be interest ed to know that Colonel Hill, the officer in command of the above, is his son, and brother to Miss H. M. H'll, of Carlton street Toronto. The Hun/a Nagar rising having been so ably quelled by Colonel Durand ana the renowned charge of Captain Colin Mac- thing else to convince grumblers and grunt fc e iu:e. Colonel Hill has orders to return to ers that the residents of otiier countries die equally as frequently and suffer qmte a* much as the inhabitants of this fair Canada of ours. A spirit of contentment is the great- est incentive tu health. The hardy pioneer, the tough, rough and ever-ready backwoods- man, and the brave, industrious, intel- ligent frugal farmer are a blessing to God, themselves and their country. It is is our honest belief that many a man who has gone where there has been any ,11 effect following . , (rom ; M w , u the Operation. IP tm, cnvtnir t.r* il*ilv yield of cows deh they show that the former were very little attecud by the operation with the exoep- ceotion of one cow. She fell off three tables giving the daily ^-.^ w ,,. af ,, fver Ag4in1rom ned and not dehorned tn(lU Qn , sptfol(ll grUe , o( *,,, ,,. phide ores, remarkable result* have been thus obtained without the ore being calcin- *{ : that is, ore awaying one ounce, one pounds upon the day on which she - - was dehorned, and six pounds more on the following day, after which she nearly regain- ed her usual flow. The variations iu the cases of the otner cows were extremely tri- vial, and some of the cows not dehorned varied quite ss much, aud that too on the some days. In the case ot the dehorned cows there was an average Iocs of a little mo.-e than two pound* per cow for the day of the operation and the day following, as compar- ed with the average yield for the live .1 \ <. preceding. On the other hand the *evin cows that were not dehorned gave ou these two days an averageof forty three-hundred- ths of a pound of milk less than the average for the five days preceding ; to that uot all of the two i !d well be attributed to the operation of dehorning. It would seem then, in stu lying the milk yield in all its relations, that the loasin milk yield when to nothing are usually large milkers, but cows in milk are dehorned is insignificant. you may just as surely set them down as thin milkers. None of the great butter rnruiuama In *ar I have ever seen showed anv penny -weight, aud eleven grains of gold and thirty-nine ounces, four pennyweights, and twenty-one grains of silver, showed !is per cent, of the gold and 9.') per cent, of the sil- ver : also, from ore assaying two ounces. nineteen penny weights and se\ea grains sil- ver, as high asW.ii'-' )-r cent, of the gold and 9.~>,.'K> per cent, of the silver have been taken out. The question as to the comparative value of cut and rir.> nails has It-en the subject ot some interesting tests at Watertown, Mass. The cut nails wero driven with the taper of their sides or points a-:i:_ - the grvn of the wood, and tlv advantage was with the dirTe-ent w<>d in the following cnler, \i/. . white pine, yellow pine, oak. California laurel, andcheetuut. In ti named w<*xl, it appeared that an iron cut nail was worth two and one tenth ofthe win, and with a gradual diminishing**! /ant India with three of the lieutenant*, whil. Captain Cnuter, with the remaining too lieutenants, will proceed by the Skardu route over the Xojila pass to Gilgit, which, though not so hign, is longer, and sufficient- ly exciting to prevent the march becoming monotonous. Colonel Hill, who ha* recently returned from Manipur. has seen much ser- vice with the native tribes, and wa* at 1C* taking of the Fort of All M us j id. and also broad and died would have lived | wlln "i; en eral Roberts in his memorable, home and gone in for plain f orce a mircll f rom C i,ul to Candahar. H* , food and a plentiful indulgence of the pore commands the -Jnd i Prince of Wales' Own) ozone of his native land. Animals exist (Joorkha regiment a small dark race who and thrive best where they were born. They m ake exoeleut soldiers. Their chief w*a- sometimes endure hardship* in searching for po n u the I0u k er i e , Urge, heavy, curved the wherewithal to sustain life ; but ttioce knl ,- e . The a i WTe otno , r i, well-known ia very hardship* are beneficial, conferring r ,d e practice, h iving among his many sue- . . i health, powers of endurance.mdomi- ^ Jset m tna t line been the champion of table will and a quality of bravery that can lnjlll four tlmem . La Mr report , toy that be conferred in no other way. As withani Captain Craster and party have found th* mals so with man. It is disgusting, and skanlu Pas also impracticable. Strange. even wicked and disgraceful, for people to ,., r , ;i i et ,. x tracled from Colonl place to the credit of their glorious country T> uran ,; ,, - oun .i contained a ruby. Th* ills that all too frequently are the results of either their own negligence, heeule-wuess and evil deeds, or those of their progenitors. But we have drifted from our imm subject, which is neither-more nor less than the healthy commercial spirit begotten in the great Prairie Province of last year's bounteous harvest. The Manitoba Mer cury thus reflects and .onrirms this feeling : " The extraordinary and continued rich- new of the land has been shown, and the character of Manitoba established as the most productive of all the province* in the .:on. The value of farm property has aised. as shown by the sale of school lauds in the various districts. Immigration has been stimulated and the credit of the .oiir.try established on a firmer basis than before. Cue of the difficulties that had to be wounded officer suggests that it would h* more interesting in a museum than in hi. body. producer* tendency of collapsed udder after milking. but rather the opposite. The skin should lie soft ami mellow to the touch, covered * with thick soft hair. Such a cow if weighing about DOO lt> will invariably have a good constitution, which is indispensable, but do not mistake size for constitution or a capacity for dair . work. The best cow we have on the Hill ing* farm weighs only SoO Ibs. and la*t year she gave over "\ times her own weight in milk, and ."<I7 Ibs 11 oz of butter. Having A veteran writes that in New Hampshire inflammation of the lungs and pleurisy are, ' these tests being made by dnvmg the nail as a rule, not uncommon, and, as with i to within one-quarter of an inch of the head many other diseases, are often the rc*ult of and then attaching the weight. The con- carelessness or ignorance. I am thoroughly elusions set forth in view of these circuni- convinced that sheep suffer from pleurisy, stance* emphasue the point that the ro-.i.-h having seen Uti die out of a band of 1.300. {ness of thu cut nail ad Is to the holding These death* all took place within 7- hour*. , power, and the square or parallel grain of a Of the remaining number pleurisy and cut nail has a^reater bearing surface than hydrothorax (dropsy, water in th? chest) the round nail. There are as many nails to could be easily diagnosed. In this instance the pound of some si/es in the cut nail as in tlie disease was the result of exposure 1-11 the other. The steel cut mil is smooth and mediately after shearing. I have no doubt lacking in adhesive power. Then th age, the chestnut being about the same as faced by farmer* was the labour of gathering the wire : there was also a great advantage an immense harvest almost without help, ana in the four, eight, and ten-penny nails, so great was the bulk that the winter waa The ,.1 the best cows poasil.le for a founda" | " lloutn 1 ^'"~- '" '>'.ve p-wer. ation. the next step is to rind a bull to mate | but thousand, of jiheep died from Uie with them and it is of the utmos 1 same head betn.; of no:i fibrous material, the last on before the work was accomplished. season usually spent in threshing had to be spent in stacking, and the severe weather ot the early winter rendered it impossible to get such an enormous quantity of grain threshed with the limited number of men and mach- ines available. Fanners have, hcwever, at- tended bravely to their duties, and creditors in general have comprehended the situation (ind have been content to wait on those whom they hal reason to believe were doing all in their power to struggle through the difficulties that surrounded them. Merch- import ance that he should be a good one, as the future herd will lie largely composed of hi< blood. For this reason he ought to he strong- Ivin-brelto great butter producing cows. Kxamine his breeding ou both side* as far back as possible aud see that he has no taint of imperfection in his make-up, for it must t>e borne in mind that he is quite as likely to transmit imperfections if they exist as good qualities, aud the more prepotent he is the greater the danger. He should have a good disposition, strong and rugged con- stitution and yet free from coarseness of any kind, full of vitality or neivous energy which will insure his ability to stamp his imprint on his offspring. If such a bull nickk well with the herd it will usually be safe enough to breed him to the second or even the third generation, but here the skill dtinrg the la<t shearing season. My e*ti blow generally knocks it jrl, a great ills- ' anU and business men hve done a good mate is based on .inostigition* wh:ch were a Kant kg 1: u admitted that in finishing < trade, and business wiil ,- n'm :c busk fjr a made at the time. There is more or leas cough, increased ii|MTature, respiration hurried, and if Hie animal is exercised, distressing. Those suffering from the disease usually separate themselves from th* rest of the dock. There is loss of appetite, bowels more or less con- stipated, aud often the dropping sare cov- ered with a slimy mucous ; urine scanty, but of nearly normal color. If the sheep be caught and excited, they sometimes die in a few moments. By placing the ear to the side of the chest the rattling of the water can be heard if hydrothorax be pre- sent : if pleurisy only there will beasqueaky sound, and if the first aud casing work the wire mil has its place much longer t.me than usual in other years, btu not in rou^h, heavy . side work. | a* it will be far on in the summer l<efore all The manufacturers of brick have becmne : the grain intended for shipment will be re- greatly interested in an ingenious m.ichine I moved from the province. It is undoubted- constructed in Leeds. Kngland. the opera- ' ly the case that last season's crop will ad- tiou )l which is Knglaml characteri/ed. opera- would seem, by remarkable efficiency and economy. The clay is placed in a crusher, which is very much like a pan set in the ground, and has a revolving bottom, full of holes three- sixteenths of an inch wide and about four inches long ; as the pan revolves, the clay is under a wheel of about fifteen hundred pounds weight, then knives or scrapers work it out under another wheel, the crush the found* will resemble those produced ' them to when rubbing a lock of one's hair between c i av Wltn and judgment of the breeder must come u.lo ."} f'*nng*r and thumb. If the long* are play in determining how far in breeding can ' ""?' "' th> ' re wl ** " b ~" c * of wnad be carried in any particular ess*. After having secured good foundation stock the only thing necessary to insure succe** is eternal vigilance in testing ai.d weeding the poorest from the herd. Thu is where a great many make a mistake in not testing! their cow separately. .Many a grand cow has passed her whole life with- out her owner knowing what a prize he has she probably helping to support some worthless bru'e that was not worth her keep as a dairy cow, and anyone who has nrver tested his cows will be surprised at -I * of lun * . fev " , r wheels being so arranged as to enable ver small or large lumps equal crushing power. ged so that the small par vance the settlement and prosperity of Manitoba in a very great degree." If the reports from Cairo are correct, there is cival war in the Egyptian Scud an on account of the pretensions of a rival of Khalifa Abdullah. The tact has been gener ally overlooked that there were three claim- ' ant* for the succenorship to the Khalifate after the Mahdi'i death. The successful aspirant was Abdullah, one of the chiefs of treatment which could be e.l to advantage- in large Hocks of sheep. The excitement cuned by catching and rest r lining the sheen [".,., !,.. ; ,,p - the building, the hopper more than offsets any '-> ': 'o t* derived disohargirg the clay into a twlter not unlike - , tempering machine, where water " quality but in the quantity of the product. The cows on the Billings (arm are all test- the year : middle of two As amount of butter ma.le from each cow in a var and are thus able to determine which ue the ni'Mt profitable. This, to W sure, lkes some tune, but anyone who will try it for a year will will lie well paid fur the trouble. 1 know of many caso v tanner* have adopted the system described It am t i month sen.v yon went to th' top oliiK up till ir herds and have brought of th' ii.ll to see th' Vlipse of th them up ui a few years from IJOlbj. to over IVyvih w.intcr 1* always ou th' go?" the Baggara Arab*, who fought so desper- ately with (>sman l>igma near the Red Sea, and to whom wa* chiefly due the success of tides go through the three sixteenths holes. ( the Mahdist cause. The other claimants in the part so affected. In order to be cer- 1 an ,i t he lump* arc lefi by the scrapers and were All F.I Faruih and F.I Chalif. Kl Client tain about the sounds in health and disease, ret unu'd to the wheels. Underneath the I and the litter is now heading the revolt cvervoi, lU i'irw I"'" 9 *'' Wl1 '' lno . pan are scr.ipi'is that keep the lottom clean, a_;:un-t AKiuUah. Kl Chalif was for years condition existing duriiig health. [[,,, tiiifly uulveri/e.l ciaj .lrop into a hop. ov erh i.iow .-d i-y the superior power ot We cannot rem nnioiid any medicinal p,, r . w hich in turn delivers the clay to an Abdullah but the growing discontent of the elevator precisely alter tile m.-.nnrr of a Soudanese under the rule of the Khalifa grain elevator. Which discharges it in a hop ' seems to h ive given him the opportunity he ' has long waite.l to head a revolt. Sir Henry Wood, Kritisii Commissioner for the Chicago World's Fair, says that the British colonies will be largely represented at the F.xposition, their aggregate grant* for the pur POM being 75,000, or three time* th- amount set apart bv the mother country Several of the colonies which have not yet made donations have applied for space, and will doubtless make appro- priations later on. Sir Henry thinks that the total space allot ted to the empire will amount to .'Ml. it HI square feet, which will be without the w io,l havin,; to be cut up into th* greatest srea ever occupied by Great numerous stave*. By this method, which is known as tho Oncken system, the tree coming stem is first sawn into lengths to suit that of the cask to l-e ma.tr, and these lengths are boiled for aNnit tlr.ee hours 1-1 a c!o*ed ve't, winch ren ler* the wo.nl jolf. , . |. .>.,! through the water during ;h b .il iu i>r.-.v. Tne u to tvoul ">" of tho oause P^ 1 '-'^"^ ll ' di|eMe- H it houU exl4t> ketfp theanima as quiet as possible, allowing plenty of pure i:l(! , njll .|,ine. which is circular in form and tu'ier lesion nis cows win lie surpriseti at .;_'. i i j _i _ i .} ;.. u ' 8 , i i th. an.m.1 ditTrpn<- ihr.- i not oiilv in tli. * lr> h * de . w ter Uli fe ^'' ml " m L 1 ' 1 produces bricis as fast as a man can handle t* grai dinerence tnere is not om> f tne _.- ln-r k<wn t |, Bm nrarMr \ v housed. It I _ t ,.* ,*,. reather kevp them properly housed. It J nem : they are passed to the repressing medicinal treatment is thought best, f ,,,.i,.|,,i,o. Where they are given a powerful more of a tonic than a sedative rnvuum?. and ar* left with a convex top and calks are now successfully ether. MM TS -sir&sn a , - *. Ammonia a* a motive power is into use on various street car line*. Farmer's Boy-" There's goiir to be a minstrel show in Ptnk>rtowi ne\: week. Old Havseed - Gee whittaker Tke rearvrk Thruar al Drlal The Peacock Throne was originally in th. palace of the Shah Jehan at LVlh of th- M"g-.ii Kniperors of India, who suc ceeded to the crown in 1'i o It was con- structed for him by a Frenchman named Austin <le Bordeaux, and wa* so named b- cau-e it was in the torm of a peacock. It was about li feet wide I' pon t.ie four feet, > . :t >:n 'Jii to -.") mche* high w*r : i.-s, supporting the base of th* throne, an i upon tnese were raised twelve :ch were surrounded with rows of beautiful pearls weighing from six to eight carats each. Both the feet and th* bars were covered with k.o.d, ini.ud with numerous <nanioncis, rubies, and emeralds. In the middle of each bar wa* a large ruby with four emeralds round it. forming a square cross. The large rubies numbered e least of which weighed 1 JO carat*, while some weighed iSH', and even more. There were 11 6 emeralds ranging in weight from tfi i to 30 carat*. The under side of th* canopy was covered with diamonds and pearls a fringe of pearls all round : snd above the canopv, which wa* a quadrangu- lar shaped .i.ime. was a peacock, with ele- vate.! tail, made of b'.ue sapphires and other lie*, the body i . | i. m- lal w - precious stones, having a larg* ruby in front of the breast, from whence/ i pe i r shaped pearl of a'-out ,Sd carats. - he peacock was a bou>|u*t of the same height as the bird, and consist- of gold, mlai i with precious stones. The throne is reputed to have cost t'-.'HX>,UOO and O. V">.'XI. lht plondid example of Kastein magnificence no longer exists. When India was invaded by Nadir Shah, in IT'.ll. the throne wa. carried off into Persia, and afterwards th*, gold was melted and turned into money. IM rietb la Parts. According to a recent cable despatch, th* Parisian horseflesh eaters are growling over the high price and insufficient supply of that kind of animal food. There i* no doubt that very largo quantities of il, salted and packed, or nude into sausage*, could b* procure I from the Three America* at a reasona 'le price if the trench Government favored Us importation, for it is of hardly any value in s.vn* of the region* lying be- tween i ai a^or.i i n.l Labrador. There is a now in Parts. Last year the people of that city devoured a* many as -I,'J91 horses, besules '.V.) donkey* an.i ,> .;'.<, tlie meat of all of which, ac- eordmi: to the o:licial returns, weighed 4,til.~i t .us. The price of common cut. of it, at the lv> stalls where it is sold. varied from four to six cent* a pound, but superior straks brought as high aa twenty cents a pound. All of the meat had to be inspected carefully before it was exposed for sale, and 4<rJ of the dead horses o.' Vans were destrtyed as unfit for fivnl. Tn French scientific-authorities do not condemn tho use ol horseflesh as an article of diet. It is cei tamly better for it* consumers to g*t that kind of meat than no meat at all It i served t some restaurants in which epi- except cureans take their meals, and it can h* Britain at any world's exposition, that of Paris in 1S7S. whsn 3rS3,6'X> square found at some that are frequent d >y Kng fBt were utili/ed. But it seems certain lishtnen. Horseflesh u eaten in Kuropean t* allotment will , .other than Pi-n 1' here h* been a, important annrten will r.rovjde.1. ' large amount "f it cousum.sl in K:i*sia by alone have virtually sppliml the" j>e.iantrv .liirn-.; the fa:ii:ne. I'her* f-r "".""" - wnh the an- cannibals in \' .. -n ike -ater* in Aia, is it will hardly IK- f-is horse eatets in Kuro|x>, but in this Messed log is taken from the K>iler tothecutt. bring i he total down to the :tnn n i md we have an abund int supply o,' honwl iiiicliiim ui which it utixodasa lathe, and i squire toe', .-.llownl m th* mam builJirgi. cattle for all the needs 04 the people.