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NEWS ffl A NUTSHELL THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. la-ermine' nat ttMiil Oar OWB Ceejalrf. Crest itrllalB. lh I Bile* Male*, an* All raroarihe Hl.br < .mlraae.1 sail I r*r fair. d*i. CAWADA. Joeepb Hooolee* of Hamllten it cigar- makere employed by Mrr*. S. Dati* Montreal, have gone out ou K -at* tre expre**ed at Haiillton that the bay it drying up. Tk*C. P. R. land department sold $:'.. "W worth of Und i* June. Matter John GUaaoo, se>*u year* old> wt drowned at Brockville. Hamilton rlry good* merchant* are dil inesiag early closing oo Seturdaya. Mr. L. W. Shannon has (old The King- ston New* to Maura. Oram and Moor*. Mr. David Jaakaon of Hamilton, com- milted luioide by taking pruauc acid Jam** Nealoo, the young tnao (hot by bote'.keeper Wall at Hamilton, i* reoover- ing. The shortage in London'* w*ter (upply hat been overcome by the new springs taken IB, The annual gamr* of th* Hamilton Police Amateur Athletic Association will be held on August 28. VI is* Falkm.r ha* left Belleville to a*- IUIM the position of lady superintendent It tk hospital at Woodstock. John Miller, a young m*n from Toronto, fa probably drowned IB Burlington Hay. A boil hired by him uame aehore empty. Two homing pigeon* mad* the 6ight from Montreal to Toronto, '133 mil**, in 8 nour* 17 i m'nule*. Hon. W. It Ive* is (unering from weak eyes, and may have to letire from the Cabinet on that account. Mr. Clau* .Spree kels, th* great ingar t.hnpr, is reported to be about etartiog a brei lugar anterpria* at b'dmooton. Abbe Dually, Vicar ef Acton, Qne., i. ad a desperate encounter with burglars, wbo left him Mneelee* on th* Boor. The American tup Crace, leiaed over a year ago, and now at Port Col borne, ha* Wan abandoned by her owner*. Th* rtoorl of the Montreal Fire Com- miMioeen show* that the losses by fire during the pest six month* in that city amounted to f I .V.I, 45H. One hundred and *ixty union >loy< aad .Son, in M< Mnar. Th* new directory of Montreal, which is just out, show* that there sic at present three thousand unoccupied houar* in the oily. A Winnipeg deepalch state* that Mr. lonn Hallam of Toronto ha* purchase.) ncsrly iheuitire wool crop of II.* North Weet ranches. Mr. Francis Hoyde, 70 years old, o: LiOBiion Township, wa' knocked down and vary **nuusly liurt in collwion with a London We>l electric oar. The grot* earning* of the Montreal street railway for the month ot June were $111. 184. :i-j, against f MH, I M. '25 for June, IH04, aa incraue ol f'J3,(it21.u7. Tne numb*r of *he*p m*pect*d for *i. irman' at Montreal to the end of June wa* l-i.TJ*. ol neat cattle .!>.Vl, of horse* 4,4tU, and uf swine I'JH. John and Heene Uray, charge I with the mur.ier of Jam** Scollte, of Olonahee, arnvf.l in Peterborough on Friday from F or hi in charge of Detective Murray. The Sir John Macdonald itatu* lor Kingtton, OnU, i* finished and ready for M| in nu Th* ceremony of nnvailing will probably take place on Labour day. It > announced that the American 1'. 1*000 Company ha* acquired control of the cigarette butmere of Laua.la by th* pur ohaae of all th* Dominion manufactor- ies. Mr Walker and a young lady of Dunda* . r driving acros* th* Nertliern & North western R. H. when a tram killed tht iiortr and smaahed th* bu^gy. Tne occii|>ants were not hurl. Dr. Montague, Secretary of Slate, ha* reduced his staff by live or six, saving evfn or eight thuuiaud dollar* a year, wnhuul, he claims, letten.ng the efficiency ol the department, .\[>i> r ui I) inns, the hu*hand of Me- lame Maase, wbo wa* murdered at St. Henri, suburb of Montreal, last month, was arrested on Friday on th* charge of havinu 'immitied the murder. Albert a:id Paul Kie*Ur, two (irrman*, er* arreited in Toronto ou Thins. lay, on - ..i us charging them with Iraud, uil'ed in (i*imany. The Uermau < . iisul received the warrant* from Berlin. I'lu Meteorological Department report* thai the rainfall lor I-' 1 '' !> !-.' i*<.niy a irif'r aliove half the umial amuunl,iinil mat i^st month was the warmed June recorded i'V hu Toronto Dbaervatory. A' (j.ielwc I'rof. Hammer asrended in a i 1 ou unil wa* ilrivru liy a westerly wind vcr the St. Lawrence Klvar and landed in i r water, where he reniaine.l 2U minute* tieforc he wa* rescind hy a tug. The health officer* of Wim.iprg ducover- d a saussge factory where cat mot formed a large proportion of the ingredient*. The proprietor plea.le.l guilty In the charge of kca|jin ( ' filthy i|uarters, ami wa* fined a -n. all sum. Contractor Fnley, who ha* been handling ,i.r survey of th* Hudson Itay railway, says it at the road will !K> built whether the Dominion Government grained aid or not. Tiie survey is now oem|>lU.il a* far a* Lake luuphin, about l-'.i mil**. (Ueve McDonal I, ol l.unilnii West, Out., ha* wrilitu to th* City Council of Loii.l.m. OnU, oalllag atlenlion to th* fllO.lNHi ju Iguirnl rooovered by the village against the city four years ago for polluting the fiver Ihainen with sewage. The letter llate* that if th* nnlsanc* i* not abated the ) i Irfinsnt will he enforced and snggeitl a nlcrtiue with a view u> i*'.tl*m*nt. A sii*nent ha* been ma.lein llai. ilton that th* Hoal between the 1'nrnnto, Hamil- i em ami Huifalo Railway Coinpapy and th* C. P. H. will be eonsrmmatad during the wit werh, by wr.teh ihn C. H. R. will *>*rat* the 'in* between Toronto and HamHteii, awrf have eenneotie** with th* Va*>4erWI tyOsro ier the ramaioiiig por- tion of the roaJ. Nearly th* who** tt the villaf* o' Leraeville, uho.rb of Cornwall, 'hit. wa* r*dnoed M aahe* Sunday alternuon, and upward* of fifty families, moelly mill employe* were render*. i homeleu. Mnsi nt th* buildings in the homed district were owned and occupied by mill employes and represented their laving* for years. Very few of the buildiug* were insuml The village ha* no fir* lyilem, nor wler work*. OktAT IK TA1H. place at Prof. Huxle\'s funtral took Eattbourn*. Sir Henry Jtmet will take the title of Baron Ayleeton of Hereford. Nezralla Khan vitited the Qneen at Windsor, and wa* received with military bonors. A laborer in Dublin was blown to pieces by a tin canister he picked up on Boyne street. Lord Salisbury's Cabinet now consist* ot nineteen members, and is the largest ever formed in (ireat Britain. Mr. | Gladstone ha* written to th* Chairman of the Midlothian Liberals in couneeuon with hi* retirement from poli- tics. Th* action for absolute divorce brought by Mrs. Craigie, the noveiul, against her husband, end d iu faver of the plaintiff. Right Hon. Charles T. Kitchie, lhe new 'resi.lent of the Board of Tra le, wat returned without opposition in Croydon. Col. Hint and Briga.li*r Clibburn of the Salvation Army, are coming 10 Canada to select a site for the Army's prupoaed farm colony. Her Majesty the Queen gave Mr. Bell- Smith a silting for his historical picture ol th* decoration of th* bier of .Sir John Thompson at Windsor Cacti*. Five cloth mill* si uate.i near Leeds have been cloee.l, owing lo a dispute regar.l.uK wage*. The cloeing of tbe mill* effected two thousand person*. The rumour lhal Lord Rntrbery is lo marry one of the Prince of Wale*' .laughters i* revived, and it i ad ie<l that he may iclinquith politic* aiu.Kttaer. Two hundred and fifty pound of fl**h it what Dr. W, (i. (irace carries from one witkel to another every time he makes a run. Mr. tierald Will am Halfour. brolbtr of Mr. Ar'hur J. Balfour, leader of lhe Mouse of Commons, ha* been appointed Chief Secretary for Ireland. Il u rumored in London club circles lhat ! General Lord Robert* w.il be the Command- er-in Chief of the Brllish army in succes- sion to the links of Cambridg* The return ia*ued by the British Board I of Trade for lune shows lhat the imp-iris tecreaaed i. .Vi.iMl au.i lhe export* 111 In.- *IO as compared with those for June at year. lrd Roarbery's mother, lhe Ditches* of Cleveland, i writing the life of Lady actaatex! by j*a!eo*y. to a loasly place IB tl him. SB* lured Black man the woed*, aad hanged The trade report* from the United State* fer ihe week continue talutactory. Th* a.lvaaoe in wagee that commenced some tune ago goes .Ua lily on, aad Ibis added to the increasing price of many staples i* a satiafactory tigu thai lh improvement in general trade it not i-pbn>eral. Horn* advanue* in price have no 1 been everywhere maiutamed, but thi* ha* IK" n more than ottset by the steady upward tendency in other lines of good*. Considering that tnit i* iho period of the ini.isuminer and holiday luh, eat, th* report* a* to the present (late of trade acros* the line are decidedly sa'ii factory. Wool, cotton, leather, lumlier, iron, and MM are higbtr. Th roal trale ' ne appeal to remain in tbe unaatulac- tory ooodiliou it ha* been in f r com* ttm*. OINIRAU Tiie Rntio-Cbineae loan bai been ligned. Prince liiimarek'* health u very un- satisfactory. Five men were injured by the bunting of a Germau m.litry balloon. The) infernal machiu* reoeivid by the Berlin police wa* cent by Belgian an rcniatj. A despalch from Sofia says that th* situation is airious, almost amounting to a tt nf war, bet (Veen Bulgaria aad larkey. Ruasia produoed 2U7,6<4,(K>U pood* ef petroleum in I MM, a falling off of more than 37.UUO.UUO (rum I*'J.'I. A pod i* 96 pound*. Mount .1.- na f.od Meunl Veeavias are toth active, and ihe vn ages in their vicinity are in great danger. The f reemeul louun* the nslcen million pound four per oenU gold loan to Coma, under Rn-.u juaraute*, wa* ligoed on Saturday iveniog. Severe i run of wind aad rain hav* caueeil coniiderabl* rlama.ee IB various part* of Austria, and at Maibech, on the Danube, til persons lost their live*. It I* reported in Pari* from Madagascar that recently several thousand II ova- alia, ked the French t loops at Xarasnttia, an 1 were ropulaed with lieavy lot*. It I* tie intention of the Kmperor of Ormany in the xpring to *eml a tq'iadron u visit the port* uf the nation* wbo were represented in in* naval .hiplay of Kiel. Baron Hirtcti, th* Jiwiah millionairt* haa ju*i l*a*ed the shooting on the eetate of Cardinal Vaixary, Prinoe Primate of Hungary, wiiioh ei lends over 77.UOO acre*. Uovernor O'Brien aa* refneed aaaent to the Newfoundland retrenchment bill, whi.'h cute $5,000 off hie own salary. Th* bill must now be uhmiurd to the Imper.al Cabinet. It i* reported that Russia ha* massed a very strong naval an.i land forje at Viadi- vo'oi'k, and i* prepareH to make an in* anl dee^rnt upon Japan should .>oua>ioo a lord an excuse. It is announced lhat King Humbert will shortly isuf a decree ounerannii Premier ('napi fri'in t Mr charges of havini; been con nected wnh Dr. C^irneliu* Hen. the Panama la writing the life of Het'er Stanhope, her anul, wno began nf* a* the private .ecrelary and confidante of *" al *f l * William Put, and for thirty year* had her * "wn of Hamned. w*.l*o, on own exact way as an Arab s eian in Syria. Monday, lightning streck a building in which ten person* had taken the! lav, killing Mr. Joseph < h,n,l-,r am, .he new Secre- .,. , ^ M(J mjllnlll| lh . ol ,,. rthr t.ryof State for the Colonies. .. Imirtd.y ^^ , hat lhey '., d| ^ (isrmany't richt to levy toll* on all voxels pa s ng t in ou.'h the K*i 'er Wilhelm canal forms iris subject of diplomatic :or- r. -ji ui i- i.. r upon the part ol tireat Britain, I'., in, a, Denmark, Swsden, an. I Norway. Olney B. Aehford ami Kred Uod*rb*rg. who were expelled fr im Hawaii for alleged c..in|..i.-iiy in the recent rebellion, have announced thai they wi I return to Hono- lulu under the protection of the British Ha.-. Tne British an I Herman admirals have withdrawn their guards from th* Island of received ihe rrpresrnlaiives of ine iiifferrnt c.iloiiie*. Replying to Sir I'hatli-i I upper. Ihe Canadian Hi.-h Commissioner, who wa* spokesman of the party, Mr. Chamhrr- lam (aid thecolonit-s could reiy upon his hearty cooperation to ailvarce then mil-reel* aii'l m.-reaar Iheir Influence. At Long Sutton, between ( 'am>.rnlite nd Bootoii, iu Kngland, a farmer'* w f. rrosnliy ditcoverrd 'hat in old w< man in the neighbourh'Kid had bewitched her* The only remedy wa* to beat the witchcraft out of her. which tli* aid h<r huahand at once did, bieaking thcolil woman's wrist before they were ucce**tul. A* they wt>r* COD- vmced that th* *pell wa* broken they cheerfully paid a heav) fine. f!<ITXl> "TATlft. A riot look place at Buaion .luring an A. P. A. and Orange procession. Several people were fatally hurt. A Utn-year-ulil boy named Palmer fell from a hone he evai riding at Fargo, and lhe annual liampel him to deatli. Mrn. Cleveland, wife of Pre*tdent Cleveland, gave birth to a daughter on Sunday afternoon. TI.e PII Imtn 1'ila, Car Company has advance.) the wage* of it* employes at its shop* f n per cent. Thirty houses were washed away and Un people killed by a flood at Wmona, near Spr.ngfield, M as., on Saturday At Klkharl, Indiana, six hundred people f.-ll 4<l leel by the ccllapar of a bridge from which they were watching a boat rice. Several fatal injuries were received. The *x:e*s of United Slate* Government expenditure ov*r receipt* during th* fiscal year ended on Sunday was forty- two million ei^ht hundred thousand Hollar*. Common Councilman Char let I. Kingtter wat fatally shot in the heap during a flag- raising in Philadelphia hy the accidental discharge of a revolver. Mrs. I. -Ian I S'anford, of San I'lancisco, has Jeter nined to tell her jiwels, which are worth more than half a million dollar*, iu order In support the Stanford Univere ny. Mrs. Catherine O'Ltary w dead. She WAS the owner of the tractions cow which, on a memorable night in October, Is71, kiiked over a lamp and liar ed a blaze winch co*t Chicago $190,000,0 X) Great damag* hat been donn in Missouri in I i.ljioant States by storms and floo,ls. Chicago wa* slso visited by a violent norm, anil ill" destruction 01 properly and loss of life are bail and excessive. Kri.lay at noon in Bui.'alo, Mrs.^Maria Csllstan Pbelp*, a widow seventy-eight years of age, reputed to be worth a million dollars, wasmarri.il t.. Dr. Ashton Buchan- an lalb.it, ef Philadelphia, aged thirty- lour. Cnunssl for Clarence and Sadie Rol.inson, convicted of the murder of Montgomery (iilibt in Buffalo, will make application for a new trial on the urcng'h of evidence I which, he says, will establish a complete) ! alibi. B***i* Harris, the pretty *ixteen year-old daughter of a wealthy farmer of Ramirena, Texas, confessed on \Vedne*day to having murdtred Albert Ilia k man, her suitor, I'ormota. It is believe I vhat the reason for ihis action is ths meipeiliency of relum- ing lhe guard with the Japanese force* advancing, and lighting prone'ile, It I* believed in we'l informed Ixineoo financial circle* lhat the Franco-Chinee* lon of 11 1 teen million pound* sterling guaranteed )>y Russia ha* been concluded without * lien on th* I ustoms of Cblua, anil wii'i the annuinitnl nf the cause pro- viding lhat Chiaa shall not borrow any more money for *ix months. BELIEF IN WITCHCRAFT. * i. i r . r .u,, ., . Trial IB Irrlaasl-A Naa. 41 I. .1 In lilt llrlallr. H.rnr.l Hit "He le lii-alh I a*Vr Ihe Keller Tkai ftbr vTaa a WHek. A despatch from Dublin say* : Michael Cleary, of Ba!lyvad!*a, near doom*!, wa* i-i.nvicteil of inauilaugbter oil Fri.lay in caut-og the death of hi* wife, Bridget Cleary, at Ballyvadlta.nn March 14lh last, by burning and otherwise illtreaiing her, on the ground that ahf was bewitched. 'I b* to-called Clonmel witch tragedy it one of thn moat remarkable in t.ie annalt of crime iu Ireland. Michael Cleary, nu*nand of tbe deceased, Patrick Boland, her father, William Patrick Michael and James Kuunedy, cousin*, Mary Kennedy, aunt, and Palenok Dunne, William Ahearu, and Dinnis Uaney, th* latter known aa the " family doctor," were jointly arrested an.l charged with burnn.p ami ill-treating Mr* Rn.lojt Cl*ary, until daa'.h relieved her from further suffering. The evidence tkowed .that Mr*. Cleary we* *utlerm^ from nervousness and bronchitis, and that her hutbauil, Ix'lievniit tier to be bewitched, forced a nauseoui decoction of herbs down her throat for the purpose of exorcising the evil spirit. After this the unfortunate woman was held aver a lire and ilreadfmly burned nnlil lhe ileclare.l in lhe name of God lhat ahe w u not deary's wife. Thi* torture WM repeated, and in the en.l her husband knocked her down, stripped ml her clothing, pouring paratfine over her body, lighted It, and th* woman was burned to d*\th la the presence of her relatives. Cleary claimed that he was not burning hi* wife, bat a witch. ALL AIOUT NEW ZEALAND Plemre BrawB h. II.. i. 'I r W.ril tial I -I ..., - r.i.lina^lrr krarral. Th* put i:e of New Zealand's progress n.l com! tn, n, drawn by Hon. Mr. War. I th* po*t matter general of the colony it a brilliant one indeed. It it only fifty-five y*er ainoe Captain Hobson formally took poeaeeeien of the island under a treaty mad* with the Maori chief* at Waitangr Tbe treaty did not mean the peaceful po*. session of the country, hewevei, and it* development wa* r*uardcd by loog and c o*tly hostilities with the natives, wbo hewed both courage and military (kill in their operation*. In 1H60 there wa* only 00,000 white people on the islands, having under cultivation 150,000 acre* of land. The trouble* with the native* ended, after an intimation from Great Britain that Ihose wbo cauaeii should lake tbe responsibility of suppressing tne.m, and New Zealand's progrees bei'an on a rapid scale. In 1870 tie white population numbered 2 48, 400, and I,)4O,OCX> aore* of land were under cnltiva lion In 1880 there were 484,000 white inhabitant*, in 1K90 there were o-B.OOO, and BOW th* namber is eetimaied at be- tween 650.0011 and 675,000. There are about ,WK),000 aere* of cultivated land. TIIX COMMIBCB Of THE 1 EOTLI ha* kept pace with their increaae in num- bers. Mr. Ward's figure* make th* aver- ace wealth $1,180 a head, which i* $7* a bead in *xee*i of that of Great Britain, which stands fir el among European and American Batten*, and is $180 a head greater than lhe etlimate put on Canada'* total wealth. The foreign trade of New Zealand it very ir-, - import* being olo*e to $3.5,000,- (KJOin 1894 and theexporuovtr $46,<)>O,Hio. Tbe etpori* include wool, frozen mutton, batter and cneese, gum, gold, lilver, coal and other mineral*. Iron ore is plentiful and in tin* no doubt, will b* utilized. There are over 2,00 mil** o< railroad, aad telegraph communication ha* been largely developed. In tbe regular and caving* banks, there are over $00,000,000 on deposit. The manufaclure* produoed in in* colony in 1X93 w*re valued at $17,000,000. Th* number ef hand* employed wa* 29,000. In agricultural aid pastoral pursuit* there ire flfl.OOO person* engaged. Th* value of private land with improvements i* $4NO.OOO.o<lO. of live iteck $80,000.000, of hipping $7.S30,(<00, nf railway* $75,000- "0, of machinery (Wi, 000, 000. of mine*, ic.. $35,000.000. This realicatioB of wealth in half a century by less than three- quarter* of 'miilion people, occupying a territory only slightly larger than Great Britain, is something tremendou*, and Bat* lhe New /ealaoder* in the front rank of th* HOST mniiRBBWivE PBori.n of the world. Thi* position is their* in ether aentrs slso N*w /Cealand ha* woman uffrege, and, according lo an address of Mr. Ward's IB London, lhe experiment gives promise ef being a sucaraa. It* Gnv*ramenl lend* money on, land, and I* not a loser. It ha* a enmpulaory arbitration syst*m for tbe settlement of labor disputes. And it ha* an income %nd a land tax, the former a mean* of revenue and th* latter designed in break up large estate* held for peculation and enoourags their division among agricultural holders. Under lhe system all improvement* are exempt from taxation ami lhe produce ef land is eiempt from the income tax. Oat of 94,000 land holders only 12,001) pay a land tax ; bat it is explained lhat the others pay under tbe income tax provisions, so th.it the system doe* not of itself make tbe people rich. The land an.1 income tax** produce about II. 90O.OOO a y*ar, while $8,000,000 is railed from custom! does. The socialistic experi- ment* hav* not mad* taxes light, and probably they hav* not added much to the wooderfnl growth in prosperity indicated in Mr. Ward's figure*. Th* national wealth of the islands, developed by aa ent*rpri*ing and intelligent people, living in a salubrious climate, is quit* sufficient to acoouut for the record, which it is hoped, will be continued. The New Zealandere are a good people to be associated with, either commercially or aa part ef the great British family. NEW GOVERNMENT FARM. THE FARMING RESOURCES OF THE RAINY RIVER TERRITORY. HAN OVERBOARD.' A llvelf llllle J..kr Km Him Nla A C:ear Catve. V*s, remarked ih* Cbeerfal Idiot, in an ab**ii'.-miinled insnner, it wa* a clear caae. What wa*? aik*.l the shoe clerk boarder unihinkingly. Tli* Imwoaie, of course, answered t Choerful Idiot with lightning celerity. " Steamship paaaenger* frequently rs- sort to prsctical jok** to relieve the mono- tony of voyage*," said a retired sea captain the oiher .lay, "and while the pranks, a rule, are perfectly harmless they some- linies have a boomerang effect. Three year* ago w* were crossing th* Atlantic and both lh* owners and myself were exceedingly anxiou* to make a ipeedy trip, as a rival liner had lhe week before lower- ed the record held by our company. On the third day out, just about dusk, the ery of ' Man overboard' rang through the ship, and a hurried investigation elicited the information that several of th* passenger* had heard a (plash, followed by piteous appeal* of ' Help, help *av* n* !' I he. engine* were (topped, and the steamsr put about, a close watch being kepi mean- while for the drowning man. .A half hour was spt-nt in cruising about without results anil we started on our journey Bnder the belief that lhe poor fellow ha, I gone to the bottom. The inquiry that followed proved pinning. No one was missing, and we came lo the conclusion that a stowaway hail committed suicide. " Tbe n*xt day, however, an explana- tion cam*. W* had a ventriloquist aboard, in the peiton of a very tmart young man, who wa* too tickled over the success of his joke lo keep the secret. " Then lh* laugh wtt on him. A* he had nau**d a serious ,(elay and much annoyance I notified him lhat I had made an orticial entiy of the circumstance on my log and the lost sf lime, and that OB approaching share 1 would detain km until a sufficient guarantee had been put up that h* would anaw*r in court to reply U a demand for financial restitution. I talked W $00,000 being about the penalty under tbe government Kail contract, and It i* needle** to say h* spent tli* balance of th* voyage oo tenter hookt. H* dis- appeared before we docked, leaving his baggage behind." iBimu.llr 'rain t null Thi* aea-Tt), Itearrlplloii .if III I: M I I.I I a) t: I. be Krtttt eel ea Ibe Parse- latrresllaf Talk it 1 1 1, n. .M Mr. i>r..ii-ii 4 1. -mi i he Free. pern of ike taadt adjaeeal le Ihe iu, liver. Hon. Mr. Dryden, who retained recently 'rom an inspection trip to tbe Government pioneer farm at Barclay, on the line of tbe C. P. R., north of the 1,'amy Rivar disthct ( waa interviewed by t representative of the proa*. H* expressed himself a* hexing bad an extremely pleaaant trip, travelling being rendered agreeable by recent rain* in th* northern portion of the province. He arrived at tbe farm a week ago, and after devoting two day* to choosing the site for l he buildings and giving neceaaary instruc- tions as to th* work of the farm, he spent some lime personally exploring the surrounding oouutry, in order to ascertain more definitely lhe nature of the soil, resources, etc. "How were you impressed with what you saw. Mr. Dry den?" "1 may aay that I was greatly pleeeed, not only with the quality bat also with tbe quantity of land available for agricultural purposes. The survey of one township will be computed in a few day*. It is six mile* square, and our farm i* located on the 5th concession. To ibs north of us, as far a* present information goet, similar land extends for eight or ten miles. To the e>t there are one or two townibip* more, nd to the west there is at least another township. Tbe soil is A sTRi'M. itAT, snlik* that of Muskoka and Parry Sound, which I* of a light nature. My first (ear wa* that it would turn oat to b* somewhat cold and lacking in fertility, but u this I wa* agreeably mulaken. All kmdi of grain and roots growexlremely well. Oar wheat, barley, oats, and pea* are growing rapidly, a* well as the various root crop*. What pleased ms most of all was the growth of grass seed. All the land seeded to grain has b**n sown with grass seed, with a mixture of timothy, red to alsike clover all ef which appear to grow luxuriantly." "Do you think there i* any serieu* dan- ger of summer frosts?" "That remain* lo he te*ted."Mr. Dryaes) replied. ".So far thia season the frost* hav* net been *o severe aa in many other par '.s ol Ontario, and from ths beet infor- mal ion I oould gather, w* are nol likely te> have any more frost autil theaulnmn." "Wh.t of the timber of the district " "Originally it wata limber* j country, bat having for the most part beau burned over, the v*ry large limber ha* been ileslroyed. This occurred so long ago, however, that whatever (tumps remain may be palled out by a team wilhootd.fhculty, so that a man and a team with a csuple of helpers is able to clear from one Ui iwo acres per day ready for the plough. Our farmer reached the place on May Ic.. and by June 1st had cleared away, ploughed, eown, and harrowed some twelve acres. By nsxt autumn ws hope to have FUKTT OH rirrr amis. ready for trod tbe following tpnng. Tbt timoer it principally of three kind*, tama- rack, spruce, and poplar, with occasional oedar and pine." "What building* do you propose to erect?" "They will be quite aupretenuout IB character. Tne bouse will be erected with- in the oex t five or six week*. It will b* built of logs, platUred tntide, and will, I think, be comfortable as well as respectable in Appearance. Barn* and onlbatlding* will follow. W* have ibe belt building umlwr available thai 1 have seen for some time. Tbe pine is very tall and straight, and there is no difficulty whatever IB se- curing 50-foot timber. This timber, which has not hitherto been included in any limber limit, will. I hope, be reserved for the use ef tbe settlers. |' "What are the general physical char- acteristics of the .list net, Mr. Dryden ?" "it abounds in lake* and rivers, and the water is excellent for drinamg purpose*, although it is soft, ami appears lo b* lack ing entirely in lime. The landscape u much more attractive than in many part* of the north-western region, and the settler 'ould hardly miagrae he wa* ic a wilder- ess. It reminds me most of a VIIW IN SCOTLAND, where one looks away a distance of som< miles. The lakes and riven term with fijl In Wabigoou lake there are maskinougv pike, pickerel, whitetish, lake trout, and the (iovernment are making arrangement* to stock it with (quantity of base. Within a stone's throw of ths farm there is a fall of about twenty feet in th* river, which ill doubllee* be useful for power at no distant dale. Beside* this, it is the only utlet for at least a hundred million feet of pine umber in tbe district, and I expect in the future to aawmilling and other in- dustries starts.! thsre. Th* line of the C. l*> II. passes close at hand, and our opera lion* are already attracting much alien ti p from traveller* "Vou are dill (anguine, then, lhat ih* result of your effort to promote lhe settle menl ot our northern lauds will be a succest iu this instance, "" "Well, I don't care to propriety too much, but if I wtre in that business I should say that church bells will be heard in th* village which will exist there within tiv* 01 six years from now." They Often Make Mistakes. Mrs. Browintone I mould think yOB would feel afraid, living way off here in th* country, with so many tramps about. Mrs. Meadow Well 1 av> sometime*. I 'pose you don't have tramps in th* city. Mr*. Itrownstone No, indeed. W* hav* sothioe to fear but ths police. Not Remarkable. Mrs. M.-s istt luti't it remarkable bow many mysterious disappearance* there are ? Mr. M -Sptit Oh, 1 dunno. Most of 'en art married.