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. .w. .\-_.,.â€"vuvr~*:¢fl‘£idfl5-w l i ,. amas‘a‘zélc'rmlt'mmtitwummxmnM'W..Wmmmm-suc.....,_.,._ h-.. , , . . I . . escorts some. A NEW RED RIDING HOOD. It was a dull, chill day inJanuary. The trees werehare and rown, and the sky was covered with hes leaden-hued clouds ;bnt littleRcd Ridin ood, in her scarlet cloak and hood, could seen dancing merrily all about the yard in great glee because a few flakes of snow were floatin slowly through the air. She had been in flie house at least half a dozen times to beg her mother to get down her sled from the garrct, where it had been stowed away all Summer, and her mother at last rcmised that just as soon as it began to r y come down as though it meant to keep on the sled should be brought down. So the little girl watched eagerly, but as yet there was only an occasional flake wandering aimlessly about by itself. By-and-by her mother came to the door and called and Red Riding Hood went in reluctantly. Mrs. Bryce was standing by the kitchen table, tucking a red and white napkin over the top of a small basket. “ How would you like to 0 over to grand- ma’s this afternoon and fa 'e these thin s to her ? Here are some doughnuts, which I love just made, and the only time she cares for them is when they are fresh, and I have put in a few biscuits, which she will like for her tea, and right here in the top are two nice pot-cheeses.” - “ May I take \Volf with me for company?” asked Red Riding Hood, as she pulled on her mittens. “ Yes,” replied her mother, “ and be sure and don’t stay very long, for it will grow dark early tonight. If it should happen to begin to snow before you leave grandma’s you will have to stay all night, but I don’t think there is much dan er ; I don’t believe it will begin until after ark.” “ All ri ht,” replied the child, taking the asket an calling to the dog. She kissed her mother good-by and started“ out with Wolf trotting gravely along by her side. She loved to o to her grandmother’s, for no- where else did ever get such delicious cook- ies and gingerbread as were always to be found in grandma’s cake jar ;and then, too, the walk was such a pleasant oneâ€"two miles by the road, but only a mile and a half if you took the short cut through the woods. She climbed the long hill up which the road went. before you came to the woods and plodded steadily along, for she knew she must not loitcr if she were to get to grand- ma’s and back before dark. But as she passed the big white house just on the brow of the hill, where the Douglascs lived, and saw Maude out on the gravel walk with her last year’s sled, though not a fluke of snow was to be seen, she just had to etc for a few minutesâ€"at least it only seeine a few minutesâ€"but the time flew faster than she realizod, until Mrs. Douglas came to the door. ” Are you going to your grandma’s '2” she asked, glancing at the basket over which W'olf kept guard. “ Yes’ni." answered Red Riding Hood, springing to her feet and hastily picking up her basket. “ I don’t want to hurry you off, but it’s getting late and you won’t much more than et there before dark. I guess you will mm to stay all night. It will soon settle in for a regular snow. Do you see all those black clouds rollin up '1” ’ The little girl dill see them and calling her dog hurried off up the road. It grew dark- er and darker and as she entered the path leading through the woods the wind began to blow in fierce gusts swaying the huge branches of the trees to and fro, and soon flakes of snow begun to fall. At first the particles were fine and (lid not make much impression upon surrounding objects, but soon they grow larger and came down thick and fast covering the ground and the bare branches of the trees with a soft white man- tle. The air was raw, and the little \Vintcr birds sought the side of the trees away from the piercing wind, and there, in the shelter thus afforded, puffed out their feat-hers and settled down for the night. A little way off from the path was a huge tree with a hollow trunk, in which in Sinn- nier time Red Riding Hood and Maude Douglas had often played keeping house, and now, with her hands and feet numb and stiff with the cold, the child felt haif inclined to follow the exam 1e of the birds and curl u there for the night. But she 'new that this would not do, so she pushed bravcly on ; but as it grew darker, and the ground became more thickly covered with the snow, she began to get confused, and could hardly tell whether or no she was keeping in the path. At last it became so dark and the air was so thick with the falling flakes that she gave up in despair and wondered about, she knew not whither. \Volf followed close at her heels, evidently wondering that his mistress should roam about at such 11. time. After a while Red Riding Hood to her surprise found herself back at. the hollow tree, and with o ai h of relief sank down upon the bed of dried caves which had been blown into the cavity by the Fall winds. The opening was on the sheltered side of the tree, so that although the snow lay heaped all about, yet none had found its wa ’ inside, and when Wolf had crawled in am curled down beside her, Red Riding Hood felt quite warm and cosy. She was a brave little girl and did not feel vc inuch afraid, especially when she had fait ful \Volf for a companion. " I am glad I brought you, old fellow," she said, putting his curly head, and “‘olf waggcd his tail as much as to say that he was glad, too. ” Night had now set in and the wind con- tinued to blow as fiercely as ever, tossing the feathery snow into huge piles and drifts and almost blocking up the opening by which they had crept in. Red Ridin Hood’s eye ids were drooping heavily, an she was half asleep, when suddenly some- thing bi v and soft and flufi'y came dashing against her face. She gave a little scream, ‘ and Wolf jumped up with a quick bark, . which caused the intruder to make a hasty retreat into the snowy world outside, calling out in a hoarse tone as he did so, “ Who- oo~oo, who-ooâ€"oo." ‘ Then she knew what it was, and called out after him. “ It's I, that's who it is. You've got com y and can’t come in you. house tonight, r. Owl)! She now made the discovery that she was not onl sleepy, but h . “ May we just as well vc some sup , YOU, for we can never get to grandma s to-n' ht, and if she ., ’r-kncw about us she wouldrat or have us eat up he: doughnuts than to go hungry 2 The limits tasted delicious to the two hungry travellers pron if there was no but~ ' ter with which tospread them, and Red Rid- ing Hood was sure that her mother had never before made such good doughnuts. As for the pot-cheeses, she did not care for them and gave them to her companion, who swallowed them down in a trice. “ Probsbl we won’t have to stay here lon , Wolf,’ said his mistress, “for peg: ‘ be sure to come out to hunt for us. I we will just make our: elves comfortable un- til he comes,” and suiting the action to th word. she nestled down among the leaves with her head on the dog’s shaggy back and it was not long before both child and dog were wandering in happy dreamland. It was later than the usual supper-time when Mr. Bryce, who had been to the village, came into the the bright, warm kitchen, stamping off the snow from his heavy boots. “ \Vhew l” he exclaimed, as his wife came out of the ntry withthe bread plate in her hand. “ his is about as heavya fall of snow as I ever remember at this time of the year. It's snowing and blowing and drift in at a great rate, and I guess it’ll keep up tilI morning. “’hy where is our little Red Riding Hood 'z” ' “ Oh, she went over to her grandma’s this afternoon and 1 told her not to come home if it snowed, so she will stay there all night,” answered Mrs. Bryce, as she cut up the apple pie. “ \Vell, I’m glad you told her to stay,” and her husband drew up his chair to the table. “ I’ll go over in the morning and shovel mother’s paths ‘out and bring the child home.” Meanwhile Red Riding Hood was asleep in the heart of the woods and dear old Grandma. Bryce was tying on her nightcap and getting into bed, saying to herself as she did so that she was thankful that no one ’she knew was out in the storm. Early next morning Mr. Bryce was up and out in the snow shovelliug aths to the barn and the wood-house, an as soon as breakfast was over he started for grand- ma’s. The wind had so drifted the snow during the night that in some places the ground was quite bare, while in others the drifts were nearly up to his waist. ‘When he reached the woods he turned into the path whistling cheerily as he ploughed along. He was about halfway through the woods when suddenly he saw the powdery snow scattered to right and left, and with a joy- ful bark \Volf sprang upon him. “Why Wolf l” exclaimed Mr. Bryce turn- ing pale as lie spoke, “How do you come here ‘2” But the dog only gave a low whine and darted off through the bushes and Mr. Bryce, hurrying after, saw him pause at the foot of a large tree, and there, fast asleep upon her leafy bed the anxious father a moment later found his little daughter. As he snatched her up in his ariiishe could haidly believe that she was unharmed but the next instant she opened her eyes, saying in glad surprise as she saw who it was that held her. “\Vhy papa, is that you? I knew you would come.” It (lid not take Mr. Bryce long to reach grandma’s with his precious burden and rent was the old lady’s alarm when she ound that her small grand-daughter had spent the nio‘ht in the woods, but the great bowl of hot bread and milk which Red Rid- ing Hood disposed of did much towards con- vincing her that no harm was done. Canada's Very Strong Man. Louis Cyr, the champion strong man, gave a wonderful exhibition of his great strength at Fulton, N. Y. , the other day for the bone- fit of a church. Cyr not only broke the re- cord which he made when he lifted 3,337 l pounds, but he eclipsed all previous feats of I lifting without harness with his hands and feet. In the first attempt he lifted 3,963 pounds, amid the cheers of the audience. In the second effort the modern Samson lifted 19 men on a platform, and the aggrcatc weight was 3,993 pounds. Cyr is going to New York city, and will proceed to England, where he will be backed against Sandow, Hercules, or any man in the world. Cyr, who belongs to Quebec, is undoubt- edly the most remarkable of all the strong men of the day. He is only 27 years of age,’ but he weighs 323 pounds. The tape show- cd his physical dimensions to be as follows : Height, 5 feet 101: inches ; chestâ€"inflatedâ€" 58 inches ;' waist, 48 inches ; biceps, 21?; iii- ches ;‘ thigh, 32 inches ; calf, 24 inches ; neck, 22 inches. Cyr’s specialty is the lift- ing of licav weights and the putting up of big bells. 6 can take an ordinary man and toss him about as if he were nothing more than a be of cats. He scarcely knows his own strengt 1. Some interesting statis- tics about the big men of the day are given in the following table : Biceps. Chest Age. inches. inches. 27 211: *58 Sandow.......... . 23 15!; 45§ illinison............ 32 1%,)? 44 att.............. .. l 42 Miller . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 16% 471} Apollo........... ‘26 18$ 44’ *llnflated. Within a fortnight Saudow defeated Her- cules in a dumb bell raising match in Lon- don for $1,500. He put up with the right hand from the shoulder a bell weigliigjg 251% pounds. The Marquis of Queensberry weighed the bell and acted as referee. Cyr lifted a dumb bell weighing 265 pounds with one hand from the groum to the shoulder, and then slowly pushed it up from the shoulder to arm’s length, using only the one hand. Another time be tied a pair of bells together which weighed 440 pounds, at- tached a string three feet long, and then lifted this great weight from the ground with one finger. He has also put up a 109 pound hell with one hand 27 times in sue cession. The Modest Maid. “ He told me," said the modest ms. (1, , “ I was the pearl of rls : ' M ' charms displayed would overshsde en thousan other girls. He vowed I was his cherished prize. His goddess, his delight ; He raised my eyes more blue than skies, Their glance than gems more bright. He swore old glittcred in my hair, No we could tell in worth ; He called me fair beyon compare With anything on earth." “ And trust you," asked the matron wise " Inwliat he saystoyont" , From the maid’s e as shone sweet surprise " Of course 1 know it's true'" We must never undervalue any person, The workman loves not that hiswoi-k should be despised in his presence. Now God is present cvervwherc, and every per-son in in. k.â€"â€"(Dc Sales. RUSSIA'S cause Nearly Five million lien In Arms lead: to Fight at the Angus: Gear's Camila. The recent gigantic maneuvers of the Russum army on the western b01111 have directed anew the attention of a 1 Europe to the great eastern colossus. The endurance, willingness, and iron discipline of the 150,000 soldiers who met at Rowno, the capacity of the officers to handle great bodies of troops easily, and especially the morale of both ofiicPrs and men were so con~ spicuously displayed that. all Austria and Germany have been doing a good deal of hard. thinking and exhausiive writing con~ cerning the Russian army every since. The exact size of the Russian army in Eu- rope on a war foot-ing is rather problem- atical. The active army is estimated by the best German authorities to contain 192 in- fantry and 58 cavalry regiments, 51 brigades of field artillery and 145 Cossack regiments ; the reserve troops, 105 infantry regiments ; the militia, 201 infantry regiments. The garrisons include '24 infantry regiments and 51.1; artillery battalions. All those together with the batteries. sharpshooters, suppers, mineis, etc., swell the grand total to 4,500,- 000 men. The European Russian army has 500,000 horses about4,000 guns. The cost pf this establishment last year was reckoned in Russian paper currency, $186,000,000. That meant a tax of about. 60 on every man, woman, and child in European Russia. Since 1874 Russia'lias had the universal obli- gation to service. The time of service in the standing army is five years ; in the reserves, which are in camp twelve weeks every year, thirteen years ; in the militia, till the soldier’s forty-third year. The buying of substitutes or exemp- tion is not allowed. The infantry is armed with breech-load- ers, Berdan II. model ’72, with a caliber of 10.67 centimeters, and a ball weighing about an ounce. The field artillery has guns of 10.67 centimeters caliber for heavy work and others of 8.7 centimeters caliber for light and mounted artillery. These latter throw grenades and shrapnels. The maximum range of the 10.67 caliber is 5,300 meters, and at the 8.7 caliber 6,300 meters for grenades. The range of the shrapnel is be- tween 3,300 and 3,750 meters. What kind of men stand behind these arms? The opinions of all who have seen any of the more recent Russian maneuvers are uniform. The Russian soldier, they say, is the most willing, obedient, and robust in the World. He can live contentedly from what a Frenchman or German would starve on. He can march tremendous distances without loosing his pluck and under the most trying hardships needs only a word from his superior to make him forget all his troubles and rally to any effort. A German officer, who after his recent return from Russia published his observations in the Cologne Gazette, says: ‘ ‘ The maneuvers showed that the Russian army is made up of men and horses that are equal toall exertions and all demands of the modern battle-field. Heavily built, tlior‘ oughly disciplined, content with little food and loyal above all others, the Russian sol- dier is ready and willing in every emer- gency.” The streiiuousness and the aim of Russia’s exertions to bring her army to its present state of efficiency and availability at a mo- inent’s notice are best illustrated by her railway policy of late years. “ The energy of the Russian government in the construction of military railways during the last decade has been truly won- derfu ,” says Max Liman in the last issue of the Illustrirtc Zeit-zmg. “ Still, the dis- tances to be overcome were so tremendous that the meshes of her iron net are at least twice as great as those in Germany and France. The railway construction in Russia in the last; few years has been pushed most rapidly on the western boundary, so that a. quick attack in Germany and Austria might be rendered possible. The government was forced to do this by the Pauslavs. This party has got its advocates in high military places, and through them has spread its ideas throughout the army. “It deserves mention, too, that the Rus- sian forces are being steadily shifted to the western boundary. Sixty per cent of all the troops and even three quarters of the Whole cavalry are at present in the military de- artments, \Varsaw, Wilna, Kiow, and dessa, and almost the entire army is garri- soned along the lines of the strategical rail- ways. During the last year sixty-two bat- talions, fifty-eight squadrons, and sixteen batteries have been transferred to the west- ern departments. Thereby the standing Russian army has been increased by 15,000 men on the German border and by 35,000 men on the Austro-Hungarian frontier.” _â€"â€"â€"+â€"-â€" The Dressing Room. The lights in dressing rooms are many times so arranged that a lady can get a fine view of her face, but is unable to distinguish the top of her head. One evening at a party I wanted to rearrange my front hair, and I found it very difficult to get a good light on the subject. I suddenly picked up the cover of a large pasteboard box that lay upon the table and held it with my left hand back of my head. I was delighted. Every little curl was distinctly sccn against this white background. A light-colored fan a ainst dark hair, and a dark one back of a bfondc, would answer the same purpose. Every lady should possess a toilet bag, made according to taste and shirred with a silk cord. Inside should be pockets for comb, button-hook, glove-buttoner, tliimble, ow- der cloth and a scrap of a needle boo on which are stuck threaded needles. A tiny pair of scissors and an extra handkerchief may be added. Slippers and the fanâ€"in its box-go in the bottom. I have one, which I call my party bag. If you want a lovely odor in 'our rooms, break ofi' branches of the orway spruce and arrange them in a large jug well filled with water. In a few days tender, pale green branches feather, out soft and cool to the touch, and giving the delightful, heslth-givin odor we all so dearly love. My library sme ls of the forest. lam very proud of the tiny green plumes in the corner. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"’â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€" Tamed at Last. He used to drink of pleasures cup ' And found it sweet, no doubt ; He seldom with the lark got up, But oft on one was out. There's now an end to all his fun At night with gay carousers ; He's married, an his wife‘s the one, They say, that wears the trousers. AN ORIGINAL PACKAGE A Cunning Device for Evading Prohib- “017 Laws of the West. The ori ' lpacka decision, in the U. S. Congregnwas all riggeht in its humble way, but the invention of a Minneapolis nius is warranted to knock the spots 03 e that, and it can give any prohibition law in the country cards and spades and yet win the game. Biblilous Iowans and Dakotuns are already learning that to bin a spirit level, rule, calendar, and pencil holder combined is to buy about three fingers of Minneapolis whiskey. The s irit level is great. On one side isa rule six inches long, the length of, the box. On the reverse side is a calender. The ends of the box are sealed, but a gentle punch breaks the p. er and there is revealed on one end a rouu hole that will receive a lead pencil, and on the other end, when broken, appears a. cork. The thirsty purchaser who pulls gently on this brings to view a long phial filled with brandy, or old rye, or anything that may be desired, pro. vided the assortment in stock is large enou h. Holes in the side admit to view an air bubble, which verily makes the affair a spirit level, albeit not a very accurate one. It is asserted that this is the most original “ original package” ever devised. _â€"_~.â€"â€"â€" The Sabbath Chime. Now thank we all our God. , lVitâ€"li heart and hands and vaiceB. “Ibo wondrous things hath done. In whom His world rejoices: Who from our mothers‘ arms Hath bless‘d us on our way With countless gifts of love. And still is ours to day. 0 may this bountcous God Through all our life be near us, With every Joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us; Apia gccptps in hilslgracc, n gm 0 us w on or lcx’d And free us from all i ls p ' In this world and the next. All praise and. thanks to God The Father now be given, The _Son. and him who reigns \Vith them in highest heaven, The One eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore, For thus it was, is no'. ', And shall be cvcrniorc. Golden Thoughts for Every Day. Mondayâ€"â€" Try not. or murmur not it tried in vain, In fair rcmeniborable words to set Each scene or presence of especial gain, _As boarded gems in precious cabinet. Simply cnuoy the present loveliness :â€" Lct it become a portion of your being; Close your glad gaze, but see it none the less, N o clearer with your eye. than spirit, seeing ; And, when you art at last, turn onccu rm'n, swearing that cant-y shall be unforgolt; - So in far sorrows it shall ease your pain, In distant struggles it shall calm your strife. And in your further and serener life. \Vho says that it shall he remembered not? â€"R. 111. Jililnes Tuesdayâ€"To think that a man should be better everywhere else than in his under- standing, and in his 'inoral natureâ€"should be wealthy, influential, socially great, physi- cally well cared for, and yet that his intel- lect should be neglected and his heart should be left desolate ! N ay, this is an iniquitous irony. It should stand to reason that a man should have a large, well-furnished under- standing, a quick and responsive heart, an obedient will in relation to all heavenly com- mands, and the rest shall be added unto him. ~Dr. Parker. ‘ lVednesdayâ€" Neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds: nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glitt’ring with dew ; nor fragrance after showers; . Nor grateful ov’ning mild ; nor silent night With this her solemn bird ; nor walk by moon, Or glitt’ring starlight, without that: is sweet. Thursdayâ€" â€"-â€"Jolm Milton. True worth is in bcin , not seemingâ€"â€" In dom each day t at ocs by, Some litt c ood ; not in ( reaming 0f great t 'ugs to be done by and by ; For, no matter what men say in their lindness, And, in spite of the fancies of youth, ' There is nothing so kingly as kindness And nothing so royal as truth. _ . A lice Cary. Friday-â€" The bubbling brook doth leap wncn .I. come by, Because my foot find measure with its call; The bll‘dfi know when the friend they love is mg For I am known to them both mat and small; The flowers that on the lovely iillsidc grow Expect me there when Spring their bloom has given ' And ipany ii. tree and bush my wandering now - And c'cn tlie clouds and silent stars of heaven; For he who with his Maker walks aright Shall be their lord, as Adam was bcforo ; His cilir glhtall catch cacli sound with new de- 3 . Each ogjeét wear the dress which then it were ; And he, as when erect in soul he stood, Hear from his Father's lip that all is good. Jones Very Saturdayâ€"Sadness does not seem to be native to Christianity. It must be a strange gospel that has the logical effect of making men sad. The Founder of Christianity Him- self dcclarcd again and again with an em- liasis, which is too much disregarded, that is religion was one of joy, imposed no burden, but was li htncss itself, gave in promise the most ( esirable of gifts, and sweetened and enlivened lifeâ€"present lifeâ€" by taking regret from the past and fear from the future. â€"Jl[ungo Lockhart. â€"_____.â€"_...__ Benefits from Drainage. By removing superfluous water from the soil away is made for the air to aid in de- composing the organic snbstances, which be- come the food of the lants, and ingredients I which are hurtful to p ant growth, and which I cannot otherwise be removed, are carried off * by rain. Not only does the removal of extra moisture make the land drier, but it allows the soil to have the full benefit of the sun’s l “imam, heat, rendering it warm and congenial to loot growth and read to benefit by the Feast shower of rain, at t 6 same time raising the temperature of the surrounding atmos- phere. Draining also makes soil of a stiff or tenacious nature more friable and better pre- pared to receive the fibrous rootlets of plants, and by the action of the atmosphere hard sor crusts are broken and pulverized, so that the roots may enter them, a result which could not otherwise be obtained with. out subsoiling or trenching. A hol act strengthens the inward holi- ness. I’t is a seed of life growing into life... [Robertsom Character in a preacher is the ve force in show that launches the arrow. t is in tent heat behind the words thatZgives them direction and projectile force.â€"{ . M. Hum- phrey. l . Nelson, the outlet of a river system stretch- The (lost oleie Dairy. At a farmers‘ institute at Lowville, re- cent] , as reported in the “Chantry Gentle- man, ’ James H. Brown gave an interesting account of the dairying at the home of his father, the Dairy Commissioner of New York. Mr. Brown said : “ Ibelieve that the main source of re. venue to the dairyman is the ability of each particular cow of his herd to eat, digest and assimilate more than enough food to main- tain the animal at rest, and to convert that surplus food into milk. “'e get from a maintenance rat-ion nothing; from a pro~ duciug ration, revenue. Cows must be born to produce butter fats for a butter dairy ; our dairy is such. We have been trying to increase our butter yield and to makc it at less cost. \Ve have gotten all the know- ledge we could and have relied upon the silo. The first thing about the silo is itself. Ours was built four yearsago. It holds 100 tons, and the ensilagehas cost $1 50 r ton. A_sil‘o can be chea ly built, andina n it Will not cost near y as much, and is just as good. Crops of good, mature corn have been grown by us at the rate ot nineteen tons per acre. The corn was planted 3; feet one way and 6 inches the other. This gives a good chance to cultivate and insures a good crop. Plant the variety that will iva the largest yield and will get ripe ore frosts will kill it. We cover this corn, out and put into the silo, with straw and swale grass. Put lank round the outside ed es on top of t e straw and hay, lettin t 0 ends lap over each other, and set a nail-keg full of stones in each corner, and you have the fillin g complete. The ordinary winter feed does not seem to allow a cow to do her best. This is, no doubt, because of a lack of succulencc. A dairy cow must have abundance of water ; usually cows do not have enough. “’0 can get more gain from our cows with such foods if we have them fresh iii winter. Prices for butter are always higher then. It is a wise farmer who knows which cows to keep and which to sell. The scales will help us as they will not have any fancy notions. ’ The churn is also an unprejudic- ed friend to our business. Every cow’s milk should be weighed. You can weigh out one pound of the night’s milk and put it in a. common fruit jar, and set it in a cool place so that it will keep nicely till morning 3 add a pound of the niornin ’3 milk from the same cow to it, and put tie jar in cold water for the cream to rise. When the cream has all risen shake the jar until you have the butter ; carefully drain out the buttermilk ; rince the butter, drain it, weigh it and you have the exact re- duction of the cow. Knowing how muc ill costs to feed each day you can now know whether the animal is paying or not. We sell all the cows immediately that do not pay us a profit. There is no use in workin a twenty-cow dairy where only fifteen 0 them pay. \Ve cannot afford to keep a cow which will not produce at least 250 lbs. of butter a. year. lVe have not changed our method of but- ter-making. We use the deep-setting pro- cess, remove the cream every morning, and keep it in a receptacle until we have enough for a. churning, at a temperature low enough to prevent it from souriiig. W'c churn now twice a week; have no doubt that three times a week would be better, for I am .satisficd that cream left too long even though kept sweet, will not make quite as fine but- tcr as that which is not kept quite so long. We use a. barrel churn. After the butter has “ come,” we wash it with uro, clean water until the buttermilk is al out, salt the butter in the churn, using a strong saturated brine, and pack or print it with- out working it all. We can sell at a fair price more than we can make, and I am satis- fied the business is profitable. _ Our Resources. The area of the Dominion of Canada is estimated at 3,379,000 square miles, or, including its water surface, 3,- 510,000 square miles. It is the larg- est of all the British possessions, con- stituting 40 per cent. of the empire, the total area of which is over 8,000,000 square miles. Canada. lacks only 237,002 square miles of being as large as the whole contin- ent of Europe ;it is nearly 30 times as for e as Great Britain and Ireland, and is 500. square miles larger than the United States, exclusive of Alaska. Canada covers rather more than one-fourteenth part of the earth’s surface, but contains only one-two hundred and eighty-sixth part of the popuc lation of the world. Canada extends from_ the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean, a distance of 3500 miles, and from the United States boundary to the Arctic ocean, a distance of 1400 miles, and comprises all the British possessions in North America, excepting Newfoundland, Labrador and the \Vcst India islands. Some idea of this immense country and of its great water-waysâ€"the most extensive in the world-â€"may be had when we state that its coast line on the Atlantic measures 10,000 miles, and over 7000 miles on the Pacific; that 2000 miles from the ocean, the travollcr may lose sight of land and be pros- trated by seasickiicss; and that, with one transsliipmcnt at Montreal. goods can be landed at the head of Lake Superior, inZtho centre of the continent, 4600 miles rom Liverpool. Entering Canada from the north by Hud- son’s buy, the ocean ship reaches, at Port ing, withch interruptions, to the very backbone of the continent, and draiuin ' an interior basin, more remote than that o the St. Lawrence, of over 2,000,000 square miles in extent. In the prairie region the $8.8- katchewan affords 1500 miles of steamboat navigation. Close upon the north of it com- mences the Mackcnme river basin, extend- ing over 550,000 square miles. 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