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Il 0W iNGCULATION AGAINST SI4ALL POX HAS AIDED MANKIND. lh<bïsease iDheppears Everywliere 'reccl- i5 iof l sritly Euoreed tireat Lo~S or1cLe laiu-1(4tsAdoi tieni. The Cty Medical Heaitbilofficar has rcenatly gathered mucb valuable ia-. fooiation as te what bas ben the 'tisteýry ef vaccination la varions coun- tries. The mwet valuable document receir-. -d on' tha vaccination question Ls f rom Chie Imperial llealtb Bureau of Ber- in. On acceeimt of the receat pesa- ing of the "conscience" clause, ia re- gard tc, vaccination la England, the document M~s beeu published at a very opportune tume, and is attracting mulob attention la Europe. The vwsrk begins hy -sbewing that Jcunckexro in 1796, wxote, that about furnudred theusand lives were lest yearly in Europe_ througb emalipox, Xing Freitlericik William Ill, of Prus- eil, ini a regulatleei of 1803 states thet la that oeuntry the less froai sLualpoýx was more thani ferty thous- and lhv'es yearly . ýSraallpor , aa then se much a chul. dxeýFn's disease that in tbree Prussien tùmene with a total population of 13, "29 seuls la the year 1796, when there wes1,250 cases eof smailpox, it was fg)vlnic that of the remaining 12,079, aIl had already had smalipox except 524ý peff-se. The adaIt population wasý thus poirmnanentiy protected egal'n;st aim2alpox. D'ISGOVERX 0F VACCINATION. ïRbe ineculation of mailpox was la- rduabut it attrected littie at- teation tili 1740. "Iaoculation," the WHY FOWLS DO NOT PAYý. There la no linaeof work oa the ferai that. will not give a mja)ro steady and t;atisfactory incenie than the work of the industrious hen, provided she 15 looked after as she should be. The first reascn why heffs are net paying le lack ef knowledge as to how best to handle tbeim. Raîsing and caring for poultry bas te ba- learned like anything else. Succoss is neit at- tained jmst off-band any noe than it is la any other lins of work. Near- ly every one 'thinks tboy oaa maise obinkens, but that i just whare they are mistakon. It requires study, la fact, it requires an apprenticeship, feir there îs se nauch te leara about breeding and hatehing the, chicks and feeding and caring for 4hem. The aext rtiasen fer nen-success is La the feedi.ng., Wor'kherses are fed Ln order that tbay iamy be in condi- tion te do a good day's work. How ef ten the hens have te look af ter their own' feed. During the, sunamer they rustie fot se badly because thcy get grass seeds and insects, 'Out, even thon, ualees they have a very ]arge range they iseen geLt it piceked cdean. Tb<ey need regular feed la the sum- mer as wefl as, la the winter. Then, Ln Uthe win ter, the compoun.ding of a successfui ration is ne easy matter. Thef insects niust baî supplemented by meat rcaps, the grass'by dried grass or vegetables, etc., and the grain must bc varied. Juat as we have learnad to feed the beef steer. the mileh cow or the work-horse a catch' thian the latter, and 15 thor- oughly hardy. It forms quite a root syatera during tihe fall, starts off early in ie spring, and mnakes the fineist of âpring pasturage or early bey, and leaves th e groind ln fine order for corn ansd potatoes. SOMIETIINQ QUÎTF- NEW- RENAN AS A REPORTER.CELNRJNTA Sanme flavor as japan, oaly mer@ delicious. mitn Vievws on Women Crittctseil by1 Ganton Demchamps. "Write an article, sir, upon Abou-Mo- hemmed-eI-Cassem heu Alilben Moba- med ban Othma n." That was the assigament giTan la 1855 te a young man wbo was looking fer a place on a Paris newspper. "In short, sir," said be, smiling, "yoiu want an article on Hariri?" "Precisely," said the oditor. "G;o abaad." Se hc weat ahead and wrote a splen- did story on the great sheik wbe fleur-1 ished ia the eleventb century. But in erdar net te discocrege the bank clerks and blacksmiths wbe "dream eof glory ,ia the demain of journalism" it mey ho well te whispcr the fect iu strict confi- dence that tho young man in question was Ernest IRenan and thet-tbe nowspa- per was the~Joual des Dobats. Renan's next asaignmnt wes the Paria exposition of 1855. 'He treated fbe great fair with severity and aven boa ped ridi- cule upon it. Hie despisod expositions. For hlm they were tbe bcight of frîvoli- ty, tending toward degeneracy. And, boly Susan, ho blemed the womon for them ail! "Thora is ne deubt whatever," said he', "that et the presenit tîme femi- aine instincts occupy more space la the generel physiegnemy of the world than they did formorly. The world is more exclusively preeccupied just now with frivolities that formerly were ,looked upon as the exclusive preperty of wo- mon. Instead of asking mon fer grant echievements, bold enterprisea and haro- lc lahors the women esk thera for riches only, te satisfy a vulgar teste. The gea- eral movoment ef the world bas, put ltsalf et the service of the instincts of wem:an, net those splendid instincts tbrough whieh thoy display, more clearly than FR011 ERIN'Sý GREEN ISLE. Mr. àlex McDoNwell,10o Carson & Me- Doweil. soYcitors. ba1s beau appolnted clark of the peace fer Belfast. On the occasion 0fi the Qceen's 'riai t te DIubln she gave 1,00fer tbe bene- fit cf the peor of thait clty, te say ne- th;ng of the Dn,reus othar large denatens and presen,,ts. 1Dublin UniversitY Las retumned Sir Edward Henry Carson te the lieuse cf Ceaimons, without opposition, on bis appointaient as S-olioitor-General, in succession te Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay. With the object of popularizing and encoureging Irish lftduscmies the Lady Mayoresof London -has erdered a court dress of Irish peplil, triamaed with Irish lace, for hem use et the nexc drewinig-soai. The D]'uke of Aherceman, the Marquis ef Dufferin, and the -Eerl of Annesley, have cordially granted permission te the members of the Royal Scttish Arbericultural Sûciety te visit thoir estetes in Ireland. Thera is less paiuperîisainlaImelaad then there le la England and Wales. Lest yaar one pacson in 37 wes 'a pauper ia this part of the British Ilies, whàlst only oeaiii 45 was receiving LONDON WASHERWOMEN DOOMED. 1 TI14 DHAIAND FOR 'Te C Urch AIrn?- Teae.liag Boys thse Bafflaiess-Gotd J1esnts Thus Far. Net long ago a celebrated Frenchi woman who bac! been exploring the mysteries of the Sahara reportêdthat she Lad discovered a highly civilized Arab tribe, la wbich the mien net only tended the babies, but did ail the farnîly wasbung, vihile the women made the laws. And she breugbt back pbotograpbs te prcve it, says a Lon- don letter. Maybe the Arab tribe was a fore- runner of a new state of things fer us who tbink we are most civilized, for it has- been discovered ia London, quite by accident, that boys make better washerwomen than their meth- ers and sisters. The discovery arose from the effort of a Chtu rh Army eýfficer over here te keep a lot of young scalawags out of miscbiaf. The Church A4rmy ýis a great unsti- tutiga over here, marching under the, banner of the Clenrch of England and1 coM-MrZc»1V 'XIMMA.lihas been phenomenai. F'our years ago practIcally unnnown To-Day a h6usehold nece8sity the result of caref il blendinig and expert packing. In Lead Paokete. 25, 30, 40, 50 and 60* ail. Thet is yet dene by the women la the .FEMALE HOMES" whom the boys have, te a certain ex- tent, guperseded. The beys aiostly confine their efforts tu rougb work, but tbey can "do up " their own lin- en aad these of tbe aiea and boys la the other homes. That tbey are cap-. able of stili higber tbvags, or would quickly become so, is provad by, the cases of two or three boys, who thmougb excaptional circuaistances bave bean macde "assistant superin- ten'dents," and bave thereby been en-' abied te remaîn la the lauadry for tea or tweive months, 'iastead of the cas- eching the same clesa 0of people, ta tcmary three. Ia thet tima tbey have pretty mvuch the same way that the aiade se rnich progress that net only Salvation Army dees. You aiight ccli are they te be trusted withi the fia- theai rivais in a friendly fashion, est of linea and dress shirts, but they Oae of this army's lunes of ectivity have aven aspired to lace curteins and is toeaniist had beys as they ceaie, "donc" theai without a flaw. eut osf jails, workhouses, and such ".Cept." Winscn, the manrinl charge, places, keep theai fer a tie, provide wes questiened on the subject. thea i wth board and lodging, while «I'1am now sure that boys can de an attampt is heing mcde te improve Laundry. werk, botter than women," their cheracters, and thon get thena ha saîd. "'It stands te reason. ln into gcod places. The ages of these laundry womk you need strength. boys range freai 12 te 19. Some of, Watch a'mwomcn who is ironing and theri are typical ", bard cases" and'sac bow site bears down on the board, aiany are first offenders. And with She knows thet the harder she presses ail of theai the1 the botter. Take wringing. The great ARMY DOES GREAT THIINGS. Idfferauce batwean soe laundries and others is the aaidurat of water thair The ClVurch Araiy bas 102 hemes, people wriug eut,' or leave la, the plIi 4-.-d Çf k 4-i~.- - fr. - - 4i-. A i4. ! -w _ f 1 0 ?-_ USES OF CHIMNEY SOOT., Experiaients la Frarce have show- ed that cllainey seot ia valuabie beth as a, fertilizer anid as an insecticide. ILs fertiiizing preperties are partie- alarly noted la gardens and meadows. M. Dasserre, a wune-grower, la South- era Fraiice, avers that - chimney sont kilis the phylloxera wlth the rapîd- ity of a stroke of lightning, and at the same time endews the vines with extraordinary eaergy of growvth." Oth- er experimeaters, hoîvever, have net founad !t effective la the case of phyl- loxera, although it kilîs many kinds of larvae, AN EXTENDED EXPERIENCE Writea a well-known chenti8t, permits me te aiay that Putnam's -Pa;inlea Corn Extractor never faila. it makei noeaore, spots in the f lesb, and cous.aquently la painleas. Doa't you forgot te get P'utn'am'm Cern Extrac- totr, aew for sale by aiediouime dealers everyý,vhere. lie-I do wish yeu would hurry a 11h6. tle wit.h your dreaalug, for we are very late. Slie-Hurry ? Why, I have beeu liurrying as bard as I eau for the lest týwo and albaif hou,. FOR OVER FIFTY YSARS MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHINO SYItUP ýrss been uced by mothers for their ehidren teethlng. 1vteh the ehild, aofteus the grime, allist pain, cure& wht4 colle, and it the best remedy for diarrhaaa. 25ü.& bottio. Sold by ail druggits throutut the world. Be sur@ and asir for "Mu. Winsiew's oothiea syrep.'