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T BBSS â- tnp â- ipi iiiK / WHAT IS V^ WHAT IS OOiNO ON IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE QLOBE. Old anii New World EvcaU of laterctt Cfarea- lci«d Brienyâ€" IntorutlBC Happonlnc* «< <lec«at Date. Sir Moreli Mackeazie'a medical U- lirury U to Iw sold at auction ia Loa- tiae?n Victoria's chief cook ia dead. He ha,l ouoked for her for fifty years. Archangel on the White Sea, has jiwt lieen connected by railroad with - Vologda and Moscow. Preaton, Lancashire, paupers are bur- ied in coffins coating from one penny to fourpenoe each. ii T^o inches of cloth from a dress once worn by Flora Macdonald sold in Inverness lately for fStJ. Beaumaris, in Wales, has not had a death in three months. The last two persoa.s buried there were over 8'J years of age. Rating wax candles has killed a Wor- ees.ter. England, young woman. She ate them in order to improve her com- plexioa. Dulwich, now a poi>ular district of London, still baa a tollgj.te acrmts one of its main streets at whii-u tolls are Oolleoted iBguiarly. Sir Henry Lu^hinfjton the oMest 1 ar- onet in England, died recently at the age of 95 years. His son who suceeda hUn Is 71 years of age. PriQcesa ICIvira of Bourlxtn has turn- ed up with her lover at .-^t. Moritz in the K'ngadine. .She is suing Don Car- los for her share of her mother's for- tune. Mr. G. R. Siuaa. the dramatist, is the â-  uthor of a hair restore rwhich he has tried on himself, as he asserts, with suocesd. and is forming a company to make it known. An Kngliah vandel caught cutting off goll tassels from the curtains of the late King Ludwig's palace on the Chienuee in Havaria. has lieen sent to Jail f')r :i fortnight for larceny. Kangaroo tails for soup have been sent t^ London from Aiistralia. A shipment of twenty-five hundred weight was sold at the rate of 93 a dozen tails. In .\ustTalia they are considered a great delicacy. Bonn's town' authorities have es- taibliahed a tax en ' tlie uae of the col- umns of air above the city streets." A projecting window or ha'cony pays 90 marks a year and every additional balcny or prwjection over it 25 marks. Taahkend is tjeing ravaged by malar- la. which is more deadly there than cholera It has raged there for four ye.irs aad leaves the survivors unfit tor work. The disease is spreading throughout Rnsaian Turkestan and Merv. German doctors at the Moscow Con- gress niiide themselves n jt iced and un- popuUr by getting together at re- ceptions and making an organized rush for the l»uffet. where they stayed, not allowing anyone else to get at the refre.shments. One hundred miles of the L'ganda llailroal have l»en coniplete I and will be thrown open to traffic at ouie. There reiuain 300 miles to I e construct- ed before the Victoria Nyanza is rea-h- •d. The last forty miles were laid down in a little over two months. So<ith Africa's Dutch Reformed Church proi>oses to excouimun'cate to- tal alJKtainers. The synod has declar- ed "that memljers who uivita tbem- aelvea with teetotal societies heome unfaithful to their membership, and if they will not give heed after many warnings must '>e cut off from mem- bership to the Church " Princess Feodora. of Saxe-Meiningen Queen Victoria's eldest great-grand- child, has become engaged to Prime XXX. of Reu»s-?chleit2-Kostritz. a younger son of a far-off branch of the family ruling over the smallest priu- oipiility in Germany. If the wadding take..s place soon Queen Victoria may yet t*« the fifth generation of her dftacenUnls. Burglars broke into Holloway Pri- aonr recently, ate up the lemains of the Governor's supper, emptied his larder. drank hi:s beer, leaving the tap run- ning and carried off ttuch of hishuuse- ho4d effect.* as they cared for. The burglary was not discovered till the women servants arose iu the morn- ing. The (KjUce have no clue to the burglars. Pictet. the plumljer who was injured in .»aving life at the Charity Bazaar fire in Paris, and who received a gold medal for his bravery from tbeCJovern- uient. was recently married in great style. He ha-1 ordered a ninth-class tuass for ceremony, but the parisih au- thorities gave him a firsts-lass wed- ding gratis, decorating the church and proi-idini; music. Many of the rela- tives of the persons burned attended. A diver in the Clyde recently worked for forty minutes at a depth of 186 feet, which is a record in (ireat Britain. Kilts will hen<'eforth be worn in- 8te:id of the trews by the l-'eaforth Highl.'inders, the vote iu the regiment being overwhelmingly iu favor of the ch«nt?«. The Karl of Harrington, who has lieen running a fruit store in London, at which he .sella the prodwts of his gar- dens, has now added to it a cream ohe»ae branch. Colore! Britons have formed a club in 1/ondon. 'rhey come from Denier- ara. Trinidad, the Uold Coast aad Si- erra Leone, and most of them are med- ical or law students, Athens has just witnessed the first theatru-al performance given sintethe outbreak of the war w.lli Turkey, and permiasicn haa be«n granted to tue theatres throughout the rest of Oreeoe t') open. vSir Charles Mordaunt. Bart., the plaintiff in the notorious Mordaunt di- vorce ca-;« in which the Prince o Wales wai uae of the co-raspoK l«nt3. died recently in London. This u ine case where the Prince chose to go upon the stand and was lielieved to have •perjured himself like a gentleman. A woman arrested for keeping a dog without a license in London pleaded ex- treme poverty and the magistrate al- lowed her fourteen days to raise the money. The newspaper;! spoke of the case, and within a week the clerk of the court received 9154 from British do« fanciers for her relief. A Paris jury has distinguished itself by acquitting two criminals who bad coafesaed the.r crime in court, and whose lawyers ha donly pleaded for a light sentence. The secretary of M. M. Opiienheim, the I ankers, had em- liezzled |50,00l) at the instigation of his mistress; a previous theft of money by him to spend on the woman had lieen detected liy "iLs employers and forgiv- en while the woman had twice served time in prison for swindling. The Paris Oppenheinu 1 eing Catholics, anti-aem- itic feeling can not a'.-count for the jury's verdict; the only other plausible explanation, aside from stupidity, is that it ia due to prejudii^ against capitalist!. CANAL BUILT BY JOSEPH. •ae or the WoridN tfldrat Basiaccriaa Wo IM la Ber*'. How many of th* engineering works of the nineteenth century will there be in existence in tlm year 600OT Very few, we fear, and still le»» those that will continue in rhat far-off ag« to serve a useful purjiose. Yet there ia, at Iea.st, one great undertaking con- ceived and executed by an engineer which during the spice of 4O0O years h:ia never ceased its office, on which the life of a fertile province absolute- ly depends to-day. We refer to the Bahx JouBsufâ€" the Canal of Joseph â€" built, according to tradition, by the S'm of Jacob, and which con.stitutea not the least of the many ble.ssiiurs he con- ferred on Egypt during the years of his prosperous rtale This canal took its rise frooi the Nile at Asia^ and ran almost parallel with it for nearly 250 miles, creeping aloii4{ und«r the west- ern cliffs of the Nile Valley, with many a beni auid winding, until at length it gained an eminem'e, as compared with the river bed, which enabled it ti) turn westward through a narrow pads :ui 1 enter a district which was otherwise shut off from the fertilizing floods on which all vegeualion in t^ypt dependa The nortbem end stood seventeen feet aliove low Nile, while at the southern '^nd it was at an equal elevation with tlie river. Through this cut run a perennial stream which watered a provioce nameil fayoum, endowing it with fertility and support- ing a large pituulation In the^ time of the annual flood a great part of the canal was under water, and then THK RIVER'S Cl^RUENT would rush in a more direct course into the pass, oirryin^ with it the rich silt which takes the (dace of manure, and keeps the soil in a coii^Ltult state of productive- ness. All this, with the exception of the tradition that Joseph built it. can lie verified to-day, and It ts not mere sup- position or rumor. I'niil eight years ago it was firmly lielieved that the design h.is always been limited (» an irrigutii>n acheime, larger, no douibi . than th.at now in operation, as.shown by the truces i>f abamloned canal.s and by the stow aggregation of waste wa- ter which had 'iccumulated in the Birket el Quoni u. but still e-s-sential- ly the s:ime ia character. M.any .ac- counts hdve lieen written by Greek and Roman historians, siioh as Hea>- dotus, Strabo, Mutianus and Pliny, and repeated In mr>nkish legends, or pirlriyed iu the mops of the Middle Ages, which agreed with the folklore of the district These tales explained that the canal dug by the> ancient Is- raelites served to carry the surplus wa- ters of the Nile into -.tt extensive lake lying si>uth of the Kiyounv, and so large thnt it not only modified the cli- mate, leraiiering the arid winds i>f the desert and converting them into the l>almy airs which n'>urished the vines ind i')- olives into a fullness and fnitruK'e unknown in any part of I he Country, and also added to the food supply of thei land such immense quan- tities of fish thit the royal preroga- tive of the right of pisviry at the great weir wa.svalued at £250,000 an- nually This lake was.^ni 1 to l>e four hundred and fifty miles ro-und, and to Iw navigated by a fleet of vessels, and the whole circumference was the scene of induistry and prosper- ity. QllERR KYKS Malinda L. Hurly. of .St. Louis, can- not opieu her eye« without sneezing. Th*^ cause of -Miiilinda's distressing i rou- ' hie is that her eyelashes grow in in- stead oif (mt, and so she cannot move I the lids without lieing tickle! into | saeezing. Aa operation will be per- formed to remove the lashes. WHKRE TUKY GET ir. I wonder why Prof. Waxter always harm and would undoulHedly do any takes such a gloomy view of things. ' He is continually talking about tl'.ede- i generacy of man. ' Oh thal.'s the way with most of^those iatro Npective fellows. AGRICULTURAL PROTECTION OF THE PEACH. in this latitude, winter killing of the fruit buds of the peach is usually due to the unfavorable e£fa.'ta of freez- ing, after they have tK-en stimulated into growth by warm weather during winter or early spring. It Li seldom that the temperatiire drops sufficient- ly low to injure dormant iwach buds. Peach fruit buds may safely endure a temperature of ten or twenty de- grees below zero, provided they ma- ture well In autumn, are entirely dor- mant aad the cold comes on gradually. Zero weather may kill truit I'uds that have swollen during previous warm days, or that were not properly ripened in autumn. The early swelling and growth of the buds ia due to the warmth they receive from ihe sun on bright days, is practically indepeudent of root action, and may take place on warm sunny days in winter, while the roots are frozen and dormant. Shading or whitening peach trees to prevent their aljsorbing heat on sunny days, op- poses growth of the buds, and is. consequently a protective measure . Whitening the twigs and buds by spraying them with lime whitewash is. on account of its cheapness and Ijene- ficial effects, the most promising meth- od of winter pr> t-ction. These whitened buds remained practically dormant until April, while unprotected buds swelled peroeptilily during warm days late in February and early in March. Eighty per cent of the whitened buds pa.ssed through the winter safely, while only twenty per rent, of the unwhit- ened buds esca[)ed winter killing. Whitened Imds blossomed three to six days later than unwU tened ones. Ther- mometers covered with material the color of the peach twigs registerci. during bright sunny weather, from ten to over twenty degrees higher than thermometers covered with white ma- terial of similar texture, thus indicat- ing that whitened peach twigs might be expected to alisurb less heat than those that were not whitened. The whitewash used was four parts of water, one part of skimmed millc and enough freshly slacked lime to make as thick a wash as could conven- iently be pumped through a Bordeaux spray nozzle without clogging. This wash was sprayed on the trees by means of a bucket spray pump. Th« first apiillration was made the last of Decemlier and three sulisequent spray- ings were necessary to keep the trees thoroughly coated until spring. The cost for material ant lalwr is about 10 cents per tree, w hen done on a small scale. Shading the tree-s with canvas hay covers was aliout as liene- ficial as whitening but was more ex- pen.sive. "Baling," by drawing the branches together in a vertical bundle and covering them with coarse grass and corn stalks, protei-ts the buds. Old trees with stiff liranches cannot well !« treated in this manner without in- jury to the branches. â- 'Layering." or •sending down the trees in autumn and and covering them with earth h.-i3 proven l<eneficial, .'^hading the trees with liiiarl sheds, enabled [leach bo4l8 to survive th • winttir uninjured, when eighty per cent of unprotected buils were killed. I'r.ei protects I in this way blo8.somed later. reina ned in bloom longer, set more fruit in pri>- portion to the nmiilier of apparently jierfect flowers, ant hold their fruit letter than any other trees on the sta- tion grounds. This is the most effec- tive means of winter protection trie-i at the station but it is prol ably too e.xpensive tor commercial orchards. RENEWING AN OLD ORCHARD. Mr. •!. Ames says that the question of "How to Renew an Old Orchard." was a most important one and was confronting many [leople who are no«r occupying old farms. To arrest old trees frum their downward career and ' restore them to renewed vigor and fruitfulness would, indeed, seem im- possilile. Nevertheless. Just this has been dope. Many orchards go to de- cay prematurely. This may result from many or a co^nliination of causes. Trees that have bore large crops of fruit year after year are first to fall if not abundantly supplie<l with the plant food u.sed in the production of crops, while those trees that have lit- tle, but leaves Oiinlinu" to grow, and api>ear healthy and vigorous. I'ho first old or hards wore not properly appre- ciated and i-.^reived but little care, henfee. year and .year, destructive in- sects have multiplied, and fungi and in.sects affect the entire orchard. The soil, by continued draught u|M>n the particular sulwtau'es required by the trees, has become e.xhnusted. Thus, universal wreck and ruin a;i|eiir on every hand. If such aa oix-hard should fall into our hands, the first aim and pur;io«e would lie to affect Ihe entire revolution by renewing the soil with an abundant supply of stalde manure andw-ol a.shes sort a I over the eat re surface of t'\e ground, putting l.ut lit- tle in c ir.la t, with the tretvt, .V ne>N and complete change of the tups by regra'ting and putlinn on new tops, with cbiinge of fruit on every trea, .should lie done also a thoroiiijh clean- ing of the trees and th? ap' liiation of a wash c.imptxsed of lime, cr;i !e carliolic acid and strung l.ve for t'>e destruc- tion of all insect life and the cleans- ing and renewing of the lark to a .-Jiiiooth l;ea thv cmltion, .Sjiray for tho destruct '.in of the . o lling moth i,id scab fungi. This, with frequ:^nt a;i.l continned cultivation and a fresh ap- plication of fertilizers until the soil is restored to a high state of fertility will rejuvenate the old trees. WATER SUPPLY ON THE FARM. During almost every fall the ques- tion of water perplexe.'- many farmers. It is a loomon sight to see a ! arrel on a sled or in awajon on many farms. Drilled wells furnish plenty of water in many places, but in other localities they are of no utUity whatever. Iieing highly charge.l with minerals and un- fit for use by man or lieast. The con- dition of our soil is such that we can throw up an embankment almost any- where and have wat.r until evaiHira- tlon carries it off. writes Elmer Laugh- lin. The water supply on my farm comes from a pond built in 18'J3. It ha^ never failed to furuUh ample sup- ply for I'M cattle and other stock on my large farm; and it contains as pure water as most wells close to the liarn or house. Calculating the amount of rainfall each year and the depth we excavated we calculated on four acres of watershed. This pond wa3 cut in a small draw with l.wOU yards thrown on the down side. This cost, at 9'i per day for team. alx>ut 6 cents a cubic yard. Before commencing work r laid an inch piiie in what would !» the Iwttom, extending it down the hill as far as practicable to drain from the twttom of the pond into a tank, where a float check valve regulates the sup- ply of water On three sides of the tank are small hog troughs bolted, and the fl !at ia so adjusted as to fill these large cups about full. No stock is ever allowed to g--) to the pond or watershed it lieing well fenced, and water is supplied continually, thus giving the st'x-k oo ix;rasioa to break in and pol- lute it. The water has stood almost eight feet deep all summer, and has been very cold at the liottom. W'hen there is no spring or .seep one must look carefully after the water sup- ply, otherwise in goes the t«rrel and we are off to a neighbor's pond. Many tarmers lose the real profit in raising stock by stinting the water supply, and they never stop to think that for every pound of dry food fed two and a half pounds of water are required. A SCIENTIST SAVED AN INTERVIEW WITH A COLLEOt PRESIDENT. HI. Muy â- *""*• «â- â€¢Â»Â»<• â- Â»â€¢ â- â€¢rt»* M Br«.k th,wm-m,. Wlll|,«,. ri.k PUU ««.l«r utm (• A«l,.„. From the R«pu61ioan. Ottiumbu* lad. tr'^'l* .ff^rtsvUle Ooll^w, aitjiated sk R?»\h ^ '°'»-e>nast of the uilted Brethren CTiuroh, whan .he .Sfcite wa* ^â- ^cl *i;:|,'<^'-'>«"*iKl «>ll.««s were »-Jrce. -The college is wall fcuown throughoat the country, for^6r»U^ thrwoiiY'"* *'"" '"•" ^" •"•^*» -^ Prof. Alvin P. BumaJby. OLD tim:e discipline. Domestic servants did not have such an easy time, »>f it three hundred years ago. judging from the following orders for the household servants of that witty epigrammatic court favor- ite. Sir J.Vnn Harington. They were fir.tt dev'oeil in l-%6: That no servant liee alaent from praier at morning or evening without a lawful excuse to be alledjied within one day after, upon paine to forfeit for BTery tyme ;id. That none swear any othe. upon paine for every othe Id 'Uiat no man leave any doore open that he finieth shut, without Ihoare bee causs. upon paine for every tyme Id. That none of the uien l>e in lied from our Lady Day to Michaelmas after six of the clock in the morning, nor out of his bed a''ter ten of the clock atnii^ht: nor, from Slichaeluias till our Lady Day in lied after ,seven in the morning; nor out after uine at night, without reasonable laiise, on paine of iii That no man's be<l liee unmade, nor fire or oand:«»-box un>'leaned after eight of the clock in the morning on pain^ of Id. That no man teach any of the chil- dren any unhonest si>eeche. or baudie word or othe, on paine of Id. That no man waite at the ta')le without a tren-lier in bis hand ex ept it l-e u|)on -iome good lause. on paine of Id. That no man appointed to waite at my table bee abi^ent that meala with- out rea.sonable cause, on paine of Id. If any man breaks a glasse liee shall aunswer the price therof out of his wages; and if it Iwe not known who breaks it the buttler shall pay for it on paine of 12d. The table must lee covered halfe an houer liefore 11 at dinner and six at sup|ier or liefore on paine of id. That meate lieereadie at 11 orlwfore at dinner and six of before at supper on paine of (id. That none be al>aeut without leave of good cause on [laino of 4d That no man strike his follow on paine of lofse of ser\'ice ; nor revile, or threaten or provoke another to'-tr^ke on paine of \M. That no man come to the kitchen without re*simable cause on paine of Id., and the cook likewysa to forfeit Id. â- That none toy with the maids, on paiuo of 4d. that no man wearo toule shirt on Sun lay, nor broken hose or shoose, or dublett without buttons, on paine of Id. That whevn any strauiger goeth hence the chainlier lie drest up againe within four hours after on po uno of Id That the hall bee made cleane every day by eight in the winter and seven in the summer; on palue of him that should do it to forfeit Id. that the coui't-gate bee sbutt ea.-h meale and not cpened during dinner an I supper w<th<:at just < auso on pane the porter to lorfo.t for evsry time M. That all stayrs in the house and • tit- er room-s that neo.le ahall reiiuire. bee male cleane on l''ryday aft,8r di»ner. on paine of foifeytiire of every one whoiiie it shall lielou^ unto. 3il. .\ll which soiiinies shall !« duly paide each quarter- lay out of their washes. and besto\\ed on the poore or other god ley usea. St) VKKY Ri'DE. I'm nit going to that female Karler shop a (fa II Tliere a Imiced ru('e girl there, I n't YOU Kn^iw WV.at lid she .-ay 1 Why .she I 'o';et at iiiy inuslawsh an'l a«s!.:el ni.'< if i would have it s|Kinged off ur rubbed ia. A reporter recently called at famous seat of learning and allow n into the room of the' pre.sident I Prof. Alviji P BiniaJ>y. Wbon loot seen by the reponar I rof. Bdrnaby w Ls in delicate health. To-day b» . w IS apparently in the Iwat i>< health. I In res])onse to an Inquiry tha profea- I aor Saul: "Oh, yes, I a«n much better thsA for some time | iun no* in per- fect health, Imt my recovery was brixight about a nther a peculiar way " "Tell me alxiut it." said the reporter. Well, t..> hec a i: the ! eginnin)<." said the professor. 'I studied too hard when at school, endeavoring to edu- cate myself for the profession. After completing the common course 1 came here and gra<luated from the theologi- cal course. 1 entered the ministry and accepted the charge of a United Breth- ren church at a small place in Kent County Mich. Being of an ambitiouM nature I applied myself uiligently to my work and studies. In time I noticed that my health was failing. My tru»- I'.le W3,s indigestion, and this with oth- er tr<;ub|es brought on uervou-sness. 'My physician presi-rilied forme for sometime on I advised me to try a change of climate. I did as he request- ed and was some improved. Soon after I came here as prore.s.sor la physics and chemistry ami later was financial agent of this college The change agree<l with me. and for a wh 1b my health was l-etler but my duties were heavy. an>l again I found ray trou'de returning Tbii time it was more severe and in the winter I liecame omp'etely prostrated. I tried, various rac Ii inT ml dirferiit : "â- ..•»!- cians. FiQally. I was able to rciurn to my duties In the s|>ring of l><9A I was elected president of the col lege. Again I hail considerable work, and Ihe trouble, which bad not lieen entirely Cureil. liecin t > iffec tne. and la.st fall I rollai .sed. I had ilifferent doctors. Iiut none did me :inv g<M)il. Professor Bowman, who is professorof natural si'ience, tolil meof his ex|)erienc« wilh Dr Wlliiuus' I ink PilW for Pal« Pe.»- ple and urged nie to give them a trial, iiecause they had bejiefited him in a similar case, .and 1 conclude*! Ui try them "The first l>i>x helped me ^nd the second gave great relief, suuh as I bad never experien 'eil from the t re itnient of any physician, .Vfter using six boxet of the medicine I w.-ia entirely cured. To-ilay 1 am i)erfectly welt. [ feel lietier md 'tr iger t n in for yeans. I certainly recommend Dr. WilH.\nis' Pink Pills t,o similar sufferers and over-worked people. A SISTER'S LOVB. Tke WkllF Latlx of Thrrtiaaerille Htreel. An Knglish publication notes that tb» "White Lady of Threadneedle street," so-called Iwi'aii.se she was always dress- ed in white, and In the fashion of a young girl long aft«r she l^came gray and h,:%gard, e;irly in the century u.sed daily to haun' the precinid.s of Ihe l^nk of England. Slie was the .sist«r, it was sa;d. of a young cler'k in 111 Lvink. who had forget a signature and WIS hung f >r the crmie in 18(19. Kondly attached to he>r tirother. she went out of lk>r mind when ho w;is condeiiined to death, an.t every day thereafter A noon she used to cro.s8 the rotun It ui) the liank to tlw isiy-oounler where slia hail lieen iu-cust«miet to see him. Her c>ij«> unvarying question was: "Is my brother. >lr. Frederick, here lo-d.iyf" Ttie invariable aii.swer was: " No. iiiisa. not tivduy." .She sell'>m n'lu.iined above fivf ininutes. and her list words always were: 'Give nvy b>ve to him when he returns, I will call t.<»-nuirn>w." OPEN TO INSPECTION. People who live iu glass buusea shoubin't throw stones. Wbyf Bociiise everylH>dy can see them do Lt. Â¥OU TWENTY-SEVEN YBARik P^- â- :â- ! - , . «k BAKING POWDER (HE COOK'S BEST FRIENB I^RGCSV l»AkB III CANA'^a â-  'ra t ' t<^ K-rmi