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AGRICULTURAL. Preventing Boron, The following wash given by a corres- pondent is declared to be an effectual guard against the apple and pear tree borer : For abarrdll.il, take a half bushel of unslaked Urns and slake it in a barrel During the process of tlaking, when it ha* arrived at the hottest ilage. add one gallon of gas-tar. If it is added when lhe time is hoi. u will be thoroughly incorporated with the wash, but this will positively not be the east if added v hen the lime incold. After the gas tar hu been added, add rive gallons of soap whale-oil is the best, if convenient ; it not, a common, home-made soft-soap will do. Fill the barrel with water and *lir thoroughly, when it i* ready for use. It should be made just as wanted to obtain satufac ory result* from its application. The mixture willcost about 75 cents a barrel. Apply with a cheap whitewash brush with an IS- inch handle. Have a pan of kerosene aod two brtulies for the person applying :he waih, keeping one in the kerosene when the other .1 in use : tbi*is necessary, a* the gas- tar in the wash makes ths brush sticky, so that it would be impossible for the operator to apply the wash perfectly without fre- quently' changing the brushes. Carefully scraps) acd clean the trunks of the trees be- fore applying. Toe proper time to apply is the batter part of April or any time iu May. One application, if made with a liberal band, it sufficient lor one season. App'e Blostooi Weevil The British B >arl of Agriculture is en- deavoring to arouse the apple grower* of Knglaiid to imitate their French competi- tors and take combined action against the apple lik Mom weevil, which has done incred- ible damage to apple crops in recent year*. The ravages of this minute insect are often erroneously attributed to the east wind or late frosts, and even when the true nature of evil is recognized it is useless for one cul- tivator to in.-u-- ibe trouble and expense to remove it if his neighbor* allow it to in- crease and multiply in security all around. One weevil it is said, will lay twenty egg*, placing on* only in each bud of an apple blos- som there to be hatched and nourished spoa the fruitful portion of tne tlower to the .le struction of ail hopsof apple*. In France apple growers in a village form an association, and, seizing an appropriate moment, make a combined raid on the invader* of all the tree* in '.he paruh. In one orchard of about eight acres score* of thousand* <>f wewil* were shaken from the trees aud destroyed, and a satisfactory crop of apples afterward* was obtained. Oar Butter in England. Canadian butter appears to be " looking up " in the Brit ish marks'- Says The Glas- gow Kailie of April !'< . "Messrs. Ctvinent .t Son, of this city, who have also branches in London, Manchester and Newcastle, have jut received a nrst shipment of 1O.OOO 11*. of winter made creamery butler from Canada. L'p till re- cently butter making wss regarded as an outside accompluh'iieut by the Canadian farmer. He took to it at odd moments, aud if the truth must be told, the buttei bore distinct evidence lo the haphazard *ytem in which it had been manufactured. Twelve months ago, however, the Government at Ottawa resolved that the industry should be put on s different and belter footing Kx- perimenlal dairy stations were established in the several provinces, so as lo ass t m the development of winter dairying: -o- operative crea'r.eiies were starled, and other step* were taken to that I anadian butter infill uy and -bye take a position in Hritish and other markets similar lo that occupied by Canadian cheese. H-arty support tu been given :o the movement by Hi- farmers lit the llomiuion, and now, at the cud of the tint season, all concerue.1 are thoroughly satisfied with the proceeds and prospects of the movement. On this side of the Atlantic the butter will be warmly welcome.!. Not only is it excellent m quality Imt its price is such as to recommend it lo every householder over lhe length and breadth of the laud." Poultry Experiment*. Prof. \Vhitaker says that, in his experi snce, one of the difficultly met with by agricultural experiment nations, in at tempted experiment* with poultry, is the individuality of the hen*. Ureat expense is incur ed when experiments are made with call!*) or other stock, aud no cessation of labor results until the work is ended. This course should be pursued with experi meul* made witn poultry, for while it may be admitted that the hen it but a mile com- pared with tho cow, yet the poultry inter ests are as great as those of any of the large stock, thus making it as important to experiment in that direction as in any other, tho value of the poultry and egg* produced in this country being sufficient to place the indiiauy on a level with that of cattle, horses, thef p or iwinr. N.I results can be derived by experiment- ing with rtock of hens any more than with a herd of cw. A* we itated the in.livi- duality of each member i* something that presents an obstacle that cannot be remov- ed. We can. by weighing the food, and iioiini; the gam in weight of each imlivul ual, uid her production, arrive at a knowledge of hrrrelalixe and comparative value, but even then th.- c*'n m knowledge is slight and the final result* far tioiii con i Imixe. It is impossible to rind anv two individuals alike, whether birds or animals. ..ml hence all expcrimenti must be made in live. There are nearly for the poultry interest* ef this country is tor some experiment * la: ion to settle down to a long seig* of work , and to be as p . at it as with cattle, Th* great poultry in terets of ibis country demand it, for there are millions of dollars al stake, and much to be gaiaed by the farmers. G<xxl Dairy Help. In iu note* for dairymen the J/i'rror ami farm-r ssys thai there appears to b* a wonderful difference in milker*. Some get more and some get richer milk than others, while some get both. Regularity and irregu- larity in milking have tSeir effect, irregu- Urily resulting IP less or poorer milk. Rut, aside from these consideration*, there is an absolute difference in milker*. We have before mentioned thu fact. I>r. Hancock say* the milker to whom h* referred, a* al- ways getting more and better milk than th<? rest, had previously been considered the poorest muker on the. farm. " He ha-1 a rather nervous motion with his hands and undoubtedly %tauip'ilatd the udder in a very different way from the olher milkers. He did not milk as rapi-Uy as tome others, but somehow or other he always got richer milk from all the cow* that we tested, with- out exception. " Thu fact of slower milking will strike many as contrary to the popular notion that rapid milking is a dairy virt le. It would seem that it is neither slow nor rapid milking that excels, but the manner which best pleases the cow, as most of the milk is secreted during milking. Th* doctor said he had touud that where milking lubes were used the average amount of tat w u only about one-half as large p.-r day as when the cows were milked by hand, while the amount of milk given was not materially changed. He gave it as bis opinion, from the results ot his trials, "that the intro- duction of machine methods for milking would result in a poor quality of milk and a thortened period of lactation, and in general in lowering the standard of our dairy animals. " Profitable Farming. Prof. Henry Stewart write* that the pro- fit derived i* that turn left over from the gross receipts after all the expenses have been abducted, anv 1 the more economy prac- ticed the smaller the expense*, and conse- quently there is a correspondingly larger profit. There are tea tuns of tne year when it U difficult to curtail expense*, but farm- er* sometimes entail expenses that may be avoided by using discretion. To retain that which entails of itself an e pens* is to add lo lhe expense itself, and to endeavor to do more lhan lhe capacity of the farm permits i* to add expense by curtailing the produc- tive power of tho** things that are more laruely depended upon to afford a pn. tit. Such is the case when the land is taxed to perform a service that of producing a crop without being supplied with the pro- per amount of manure or fertiliser, the ex- pense of labor required to secure a crop from band to treated being sometimes equal to that necessary for the securing of abun- dant yields. During the summer season all expenses are lessened to a certain extent, as the stock go to the food in the pasture, seek lhe water required, ani need less attention to protect from the weather, while in the win- ter the food and water musi be supplied al ths barn. This handling of the food and the necessary mtnsgsnunt of tock is so much expense thai must be inc-arr* 1 on all farms, but to economize in that direction the farmer thould keep only ibe stock neces- sary to consume, and ihernby convert into meat, butter and milk, the foods which ar best salable in those forms. To retain something that does not produce him a pro- tit i.s to incur an expense, and to be content with the urodace of one half of lhe dock or herd, instead of demanding the full quota from all, is lo compel the profitable stock to support that winch is unprofitable, which douliles th. ex pen* i to the farmer and also reduces his profits to that extent. As the summer paten* away and the cold season begins it must be kept in view that each annual mu*l consume a greater propor- tion of food, and the reduction of expense must be made by reducing tne uuuiix-r of animals, culling out a'.l that .lo uot give pros pect of immediate profit. Expenses may be reduced also by plowing the land and hauling out manure at such season* when it caii l>e doue advantageously, mttead of wait* ing until pressing work is m the way ; and expenses may be reduced by seeding down unoccupied land with rye, to be plowed under in the spring. There is no economy dispensing with necessary stock or tools, or omitting labor that should be applie 1. but everything for winter may be made ready iu advance with a view to have ull ex- pense* reduce.) to a minimum, and in every direction. IKE tIB Brersl Trtflmssi* sf aeislalaeen s* te lu t avn ikx naaslftlrsB. One of tbs most interesting p*. ts of Mr per i new book on hi* traxels strong the Andes uf lhe equator, treats of the effect of th* rarity of tlie air oa the human body. Mr. Whymper has proved sc.cn tifi- cally. wnal thoughtful mountaineers have asserted, thst with the dinuonticn of at- mo pheric pressure goes a liur.inntion of phyK-al power. H* has made a more novel | : pom 1 , by insistipg that the ha. nan frame U ' ! ariec'ed in at le*t two distinct ways one | by pressure on Use internal organs from the 4 Sl> I M There are false teeth for horstB. Th* api'.ai of lhe Beil . 117, A quarter of Scotland is owned by twelve The director* of th* World's Fair have rpent 420.0U) already in postage. Four thousand see hundred and seventy- five men are nowemployed upon the World* Vith all wie heard '-he Liberal loader o. fairgrounds. ,, ol the rng ng platfonrj of that time A yoim : man hypnotised at an entertain and the result was the crush.n^ overthrow t st Paris remained sensftless for two < o f the Administration. This was a most ' T- ruifeem. lam Kte* Mr. Oladsum* has made ni la. i the current number of the .Vuaetn "try a few saragrmp&s written abo.. Henry Jeohion s two octavo velum. ' The PUlform, its Rue and P-ogrea*. my living man understands the power the platform, u u Mr. < iladsuxte. By it ks. hat ruled Britain through many a year. The mm | of hi Midlothian .ampa-irn taw Last Disraeli ministry I expansiooof ths gase*~wi..hn thTbodvTand <Urt ' ar> J " wlth ll *'- alt y brooght back . icnai Tlctor? f or u,. ,|^ OMC S of the great !l-__..l-__-_.L i - - _ T, .Vms\.-!i>[l*n*emmV I m m fisn sir f.jf tilt* t iftsVafeicrvrft Ot ti>*> dlCisfO- 1 lhe other by lhe increased exertion rtquir- : to consciousness, led to inhale sufficient air to feed the lung*. Th*XavaioIndian*ar*v*rT .uperstuxws. poUtan press were Mains* him, and he The tint cause creates the most frequent Xot one will ever eater a house in which fought without the effective campaigner*. 1 inconvenience on ascent*) up to 1 . let:-., death ha* teen, aad the wid domain of t Utely brought M>jiim by the Insh and the mountain climber may iutf r {."m o.* this tribe is full oi ha;* abandoned for it severely one week at U.UIO feet an.', ever. According to theosophirts 380 day* and night* ol Brama mas.* one year of Brahma, I year* of Brahnsa make the Great escape it th- next at IS.UOO feet, as n de- pends largely on the temporarv '. i'e of the j organs. Mr. Wuymper wrote hs book before Mr. Va'.lot nad made his interesting experi ents on the top ot Moot Blanc. which the enure solar system 'Thtee days' residence o.i the top of into its ni^ht.and everything in II isdestroy- Mont Blanc 1 15,780 feet), sufficed to entire- e j 0: r , pi^ne >\y. ".'K'.'y th method of mv breathing."' Th.ol.U.t'ur,km. dock in England is Mr. Gladstone traces the beginning of the power of the platform, showing that it was no: always for good in its early turbulent days, when " the disgraceful i.ordon not* in I'mt" took me in a pnblie > in p.ace of was fourteen in the plain. I -MO, aau removed in fr?m Canierburv to Wells Cathedral. , The depth of the inspirations was doubled. w- elhlbl ...i Tniis, the air bcin f twice leasdaone than in the plain . there entered twice as much air m'o the iun^s, and tile equilibrium was thus established. I ielt no symptoms of moun- tain -kneel."' In lx*9 Prof. J Bane. Ii i./n It at liie South Kinsingum Museum, having been lent by the Dean and iCh *P l ror 'pre-. Th. Montreal <tar From an ancient a .-count hook found at "out her* in Canada we know lEastport, Me., i: appear* that in !?'" as-ended Mont bacco was sold by ine yard in -hat settle ment, The limited purchasing power of a me. It wu a theory of hu that to retaiu I ' .full useofooe's facult.e*. mental aud day s wage* at tnat penod is - feet, it was Decenary to P ' ""ta-U IH a po. the full bod avoid physical exr:ion, and as he wu to undertake scientific observation* he had himself dragged up on a aled to the top. Jt is probable that neither Whymper nor V al- lot would endorse Jaaseen s theory with re- gard to the impairment of the mental fac- ilities at a lofty elevation. Last year a lot ol workmen had *nme rough experience on the top of Mont Bltnc, winlethey wen :ry down by the pound. A day s ordinary wage* would pay for about four pound* of nail*. A gentleman traveling in Japan broke the mainspring of his watch, which be took to a native village jeweler. The watch was returned, apparently in a* goud running order a* ever, and it kept good until the rainy see son set in. when it stopped. Being in the city of Tokra at that time the travel- Later, the) platform was silenced us " the ascon-l and descending penod of too tsrsssinniihip of Mr. IV.:: w-...e th*j laughter of eleven peraoos at a meeting in Manchester in 1*1'' denotes the high wat*s> mark of insolent repression. '' It must be borne in mind that this was jast after toe close of toe Napoleonic war*, when Engliad was not in her ,-tlraest mood. The platform is onited in Mr. Gladstone s mind with two other r" s the nght of petition and tn* say* that little about the nrst. We did not grow np through that stage of popnlar agitation, for even Lyon Mavkena* fend hi* printing press and the platform ha* alway* been free. To-day, petition M a farce, aod very nearly a n in- ane*. Formal petitions of ail kuid* are required by the rale* of Parliament, bnt '.hey are read by title only an<* with a dis- located elocution that would effectively dis> rnise the reading of the alphabet. The privilege of petition has served it* day, and should be presented to the museum of his- torical antiquuea along wish the east am *f readmit news noti.es frosa the pulpit. Suit. ing to digs tunnel there. Their experiences er took th. watch to an Koglish workman, we moat not forget that it oaxce was a power led them to the conclusion that in the same who was astonished to find tnal tne cun in the old land, the Wilbertoree agitat;" time they did one third le*s work than they 1 could do at ordinary leveK Mr. r'reshneld. the well-known moun- taineer, and toaie other xuilon lies believe, bowevei, that the lung* adspl themselves rapidly to new conditions, and the limits of their power of adaptation must be deter ling Jap had put in a spring made out of bamboo, which so long as it kept drv re- mained elastic, but during wet weather had gatheied dampness and lost it* power. *>r<** Time. In iwiralla. A grave financial crisis in Australia mined. The height lo be attained by men who have camped for some lime previously at or above 'JD.IM) feel remains to be ascer- > tained. Mr. FresbHeld says it is evident that the effect of low atmospheric pres- sures is modified or intensified by accidental I atm-wpheric conditions. During the nrst 1 ascent of Mt. E.Sruz in th* Caucasus (It,- 5>.H> feet '. with six men. nobody was ssbcted . consciously by the ramy of ike air. During Knglish and have been treate-l a* MSHi uv the second ascent, all the memlwr. of aS vestments. They have begun te fall and I equally competent party suffered more or *~ * *> fM ^^V- * ?T Jj"" le**. The fi'rsf party nxade the ascent when tn drought las' year .wept of >.--00.MH a high wind prevailed and the oiher party ' h P lo ^f*' *-tenth iu dock, and when no bree/.e was stirring. Th* inference " 1 7 ked ' or thl >'*** "J5 Al- - iralian colony i* now pasamg through terrible panic. Ua.iks and land ntortgage against siavery finding in it a most potent engine. ' The growth ef the influence of the priss nd platform front the decay of the cum- aod predicted by some. whi:h may prove more serious in it* sfects than lhe collapse in the Argentine Repiblie. because the English holdings in Australia involve much larger ', amounts of capital. Remarking on th* sub- ject s contemporary says : U j.e r.nghsu holdings in Argentina were tpecnlalive, alian securlies have ranked wi:h stirring. is that the high wind brought plenty ot air to the partv at their lofty elevation. On Monte Ro>a, mountain sickness i very rar?. "We cannot but believe. " Mr. Frrshrield say.," that mountain* which project Uk* promontories above th* low- lands, and up whose *lope* rush draughts ' uf air from ih; plains, will bo found the best for the attaiom-ut of th* highest pos- sible elevations." Mountaineers now regard ruiges as the best neltl for the soluticu of I th* question of the effects of rarity of air upon the human system. It is important to bear in mind tnl the atmospheric pres- sure dinunahes m a decreatmg ratio as one a-en.U. and that the dirfereuoe between !-"'.i'i and 90.UUO is very much less than that be '.ween the sea level and 1 5,000 feet. I companies are failing, government railroads are loosing money, aad lhe colonial Ireasur- ' is* are forced al a lists of great depression to increase taxation doubling lhe rate fur postage in Victoria, for instance to niee: the fall in revenues for railroad deficits. It i is always easier to see thai a stonn is corn- ling than to predict ill hour or exten- \ the Atiatic th * AustnJian colonies are now patsin^ ew Lea* Urtrr i- through a <laiyi^l cnsi* which has nJsM their cities wilh starving workmen, check- ed their development, and ruined a large number of land mortgage companies whose shares art held in England. Al least twr thirds of the total Australian .i.bt to uid is, however, in colony bonds. These were borrowed at low rate- __^ ! lower than the loan* raised la Argen.ma. > .4 f ike wrlw. Th * >lon> <:an. at worst, readily raise the 1 monev to pay the interest on the loans, aud There.* a distinct limn to man > exi.tonce , a a e: ; alt tVAnmWsml interest is not pro- on the earth, dictate.! by th. ultima'., ex- ' ^ble. though possible. Bat heavy losses on other forms ot Australian debt held in England are certain. 1'his is *ure to lea,! to free tale* in England of American securi- ties. It will also, by checking Australian ! railroad Duilding. deprive Btilish iron and steel iudustrie* of their best customers ana the universal world dtpreesion in price and consumption in the iron trade 1 It is, in fact, hard to te how for at least ' a year to come the sr.ua: ion in Australia can fail to produce a depression iu Kugland which will be felt her* and which will con- tinue the present reign of low price the world over. V The Manchester Courier r April 'J.lrd, declared thai lhe betrolhal ! Prince (.'-, onlx son of the 1'riucv o: Wales, and Prut ci-ss Mary Victoria, daughter of the IKike and l>uches of Teck. Kad been detim-ely decided upon, aud t .i 1 it would soon be formally .xnnounce>!. nurpriae is occa- sioue^i by the statement It was reported not long after the det:i ' ;he IhikeofClar en. 1 * an. I Avon. tale, the < l.'er brother of Princ* Ueorwe, t-i whom the Princess was engsynil that tuch a inarriAOV would I* arranged. It is Mid that the Queen, who i* xtit'inely fond of Pnn-.vss May, is heart favor of lhe beirolhal, and. t; . fact, ll wa* her influence- that brought it about. The marriage of the Prince and Princess would douVtle** be greeted with much satisfaction by Kn;!i-h people, with whom both are extremely popular. A summary of a series of arti.-le* m The ' : for the nrodiu M.OOO.- haust.ou of th* tun. It i*. o! course, a question of much interest for us to speculate on ine probable duration of the sun '.warns in sufficient abundance for lhe continue I maintenance of life. Perhaps th* most re- liable determination! are trios* which have been made by Prof. LaogUy. They are based on his own experiment* upon lhe in- tensity of sola" radial lou, conducted uudtr circumstance* thai give ihemtpevial value. I shall endeavor to g:ve- a nummary nj interesting results at which Ke has arrived. The utmost a-noun: o: heat that it would ever have been possible for the sun to have contained would tupply it* radiation !oi year* alt ho" present rate. Of course, this doe* uot assert that the tun, as a radiant body, may uot be much older tlitn th* period named. \\V haxe already teen that th* rale at which the sunbeam* rv poured forth has gradual! v increased as the tun roe* in temperature, lu the early time* In the wiu.iows of fa*hiooabl* stalioner* m Paris, row* of tealin^wsx of all hues and shade* are ranged in order like lhe colours of the spectrum. A meaning attache* tc each of these colour*. Thu*, whil. teal m the quantity of sunbeam, dispensed was ; o( n , arrukl{r . KlK much lets per annum thas at prent. and , h , ^j .,, l n vi,a;.o,,s to u 1 *.her. : ore.,u,tepos,ibl.thtth*n (! ure,, a , i . n< . r - ^ ^ (e , U( . h , ! vermilion is use 1 for business letters : ruby i colour by fortunate lover*, hope fr.'in direction, an the ( greatsr and closer investigation lhan cattle or other lock. It requires as much work to determine the facts relating lo poultry at to farm prod it ?. The chemist who works wi'.h one bushel ,-r it working on the entire corn crop of the .oantry. To make an ttfort with a few heii< i< to experiment in the interest* of all. \N ..it must be .lone rtt .litftient ^t-. ace of each heu must be considered, the Wind of food, tho conditiou of the .iviarters. the period of the beginning and eMnageJ iayuii; by each, the particular time of moiiltiin:. v :n, diseases, quality Mid value , product and other considsrattoos. All these :nttert re>inu. . Clion : Intt it H for th.xt r*"it treys', tail* it takes ' \ > institute can tk* :n*ll ttook ( ' i us an.l leaiu mnch in few mouth- to oo man is supposed. W hsA is) nf*si*7 may b* to enlarged as to meet the menis of any reasonable geological with regard to pat duration of life on the earih. It scents that the sun has already dissi- pated about four fifths of the energy with which it may have origainally been endow- | *d. Al all events, ll seem* tha: r* energy at its present rate, the sun may hold out t" ->r ,<AV,lM) years, | year*. I then. we discern in the remote future a limit to ih- duration of life on this globe. We htxe seen that it does not seem possible f.-r I for any other source of heat to be available for replenishing the waning stores of the i :i'u. melancholy, .ie.ived possibly brous petition method ts traced oy Mr. Iliads woe. H* says "A considerable tim**lap*edx%ilh oolhmg more lhan gradual growth in ths action ef lhe Press : but after the repeal of lhe Stamp Duty, and **- pscially aftsr the repeal of the Paper Duty, ths sphere of this action became snin sins*, and the newspai<er proved itself to b* a mighty ageLt, both m lhe sphere ef politic*) and in ths menial training of the peoas. The Platform exercised a /real power Ihrough- oat the penod : chicly, however, during the greater part of it. oa lhe recurrence e< a general election, or locally oa the occa- sion* when a member ef Parliament render- ed his account lo hi* constitnenis. te Hubert Psel and his party greatly helped it forward; for the Platform includes th* banquet, and his tpee:h at Glasgow, in January. K3. where some 3.400 , met him at dinner, odered on* ol lhe remarkab.e examples ever known of its as*. It has, however, been durian th* last quar- ter of a century that it hat most ously developed the power of I ing*. On th* qaeetion ef th. Irish Church in 1S6*. on the poJicy of the Rta.-osstistd Uuverniusiit lit ISTli'sU. on th* extension of .he Franchise in IV>4. last and most ol a 1 on the Irish queelion ef M hich ha* united th in tensity of a Parliament the Platform hat asserted itself with an .ver- acrcastng intensity of action. In l!*St] and lv*. lhe cause favored by the Platform wa* also that of ths "Press. In !>>> the me ropolitan IVess was ataitMt it : but it had lhe support of the chief provincial newspapers. " Coming down u< lhe piesent *iruggle over the question ol Irish Home Kill*, the venerable ehampion, who knowingly tights in Ihis. his last battle, believes thst toe platform is again triumph- .n< ovr the press. " Musi of all." b* ssys. " have ine circumstance* of l<So * been re- markable. For here, while the Plstform has worke.1 predominantly on one side, the) large majority of journal* having the widest circulation have taken lhe other : while peti- tions may b* put wholly out of lhe account. If, then, this had been a contest between the prevailing forces of lhe Press on ihs one r.le. and tbs plaifoim on the other, there teem* to be tome color given to the >. pinion that the Platform at iu maximum of power is tironger than the Press. r\ r. during tome oxe year*, over a hundred Parliamen- tary elections have been giving no inapt*. iderable in i, cation of the sense ot the peo- ple, and m ihese election* a balance of no lets than twenty seats have been carries! over from the side supported bv the Preen to that espoused by the Platform. In ihia. comparison he limits tne expression -tost press to its editnal columns. A* the) Star further rcm.ii a,*, " What the giants of the platform would do m-'kaes* days without the publication of their speeches in the press, would be very little indeed. Tne newspaper is an r . ed platl'omi. Tvm winch all, with anything ITOWII >; !.!> ;" blue, constancy : to av. may speak. To pit the press againei yellow . Pals green convey* a r*- tn , platform is to compare the buglr with : p:nk u used by youug Udie* : aud ,v, e penny S|M- grey between friend*. Couldn't Fool Hsr- "What have they wound up oil that cart " naked an old '. i> who wa* visiting the tire-engine hou*e. rVen#u's hose."was the answer, av iy," the rejoined indigi - to b .-.me. Of ene suj;r t.nin.U came from ths Spanish West In.lie*. from the other West Indian U'.in.ls and (iuiana ea" >', from Braiil and IVrii i siana iW.um.- lla..n.<l IKK',' 'ii lhe liviie-* a!<d Africa 1,480,000,000, The . -upply come* in the mini from \\ ii<t Indies. rW^et su^w find* it* niai ket in the Kurcpewi ountries. The I consumed in IS"! l.NV.,'M tons ot i'.! nun.- than in the previous v. i .MI <itnt only VJO.OOO tons were t*kBM*Jjk K'<>wth. The. hopaties 41 e. ' thr. i A i luttry ii. luminary. It may be thai the heat was ' .. T011 ,.,; u>tKe , ne t h, n h th.i any nritn'tti ally imparted to the tun as the result ot " anv body else ever had leg* to tit those." ision between two bodies ' which were both dark before the collision took place, so that, in fact, the two dark masses coalesced into a vast nebula frvu i which th whole of our system hat been : course, it i* alway* conceivable lhat lhe sun may be reinvigoraied bv a rep- i etttion of a similar startling prvce-w. It i is, however, har.lly uecesai: x to ob*erv* I ' that s*> terrtric it .x.nx ulsion v..uld b- fatal | to life in t -e *o!ar system. Neither from i the heavens above, nor from the earth be- i I neatli, does it teem pnesihls to discover any < rescue for ibe human race from the inevi- table iac is as mortal a* the i- Isiixldual. aod, to far at w know- " *T* ! ranrot un.l**; a oiiy ^ "in out mof both The Cat Wu Wonh Etapu;. SSemith "I thought you was going Jones : " Well, they say a cat has mue lives, but this one has twenty. 1 think. Why, 1 actual ly put t h cat in * ll water tjid tie.', a brick round its neck, and what do you think ' ' ** Mttjfj_^ k T :'*j^-' ^1 water and w.vi sit tug on the aod in both cases depend* oa whose lips are against the) mouth piece. ' Mr. Ciladstone has a word of conifott for the pre. however, in clos- Rut let not the press tremble for its prerogatives. The pla-.torm indeed both displays and generates living energy It <|uickeas sympathy . besides iacreasn . fornution. aud it brings lo hear lhe whole power of fellowship m a cause, in the main in occasional and intermittent power, while .he action of the press is con- tinuous and permanent as that of old tune him*. %t:orm wi|M well not to confuse Mr. viladstone'* '-.at instrument of p. . Hump oral h..-- he* Win camv nton. It uoue bnt he nump-oo*lMsiPsma*s*;' e.1 the I'latiorsn it would 'k*x m:. -g. It is the W.bater, MIJ jtfJT **vT wd it is a xWrsjtlnMc fact thbr* has loo :.A*xne in Caaada. The b'mpertH of Germany h eve, and shool* always win gun. .- .