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PORELI CANADIAN NEWS INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT OUR OWN COUNTRY. A»; â€"â€" flattered from Various Points from the Atlantic to the Facile. Bothwell is to have a crematory. _ , Frontenac has an organised cheese board. ' A glass factory is tobe built at Wallace~ burg. Collingwood manufactures “'orcester sauce. Forest drugg eight o’clock. Collingwood's bicycle club numbers 40 members. Brantford prides itself about its new citi- uns’ band. Amherstburg has the curfew hell law in full operation. Meaferd is considering a plan for a sys- hm of waterworks. Essex peach growers are figuring on a big crop this season. A lodge of Sons of Temperance has been organised in Forest. "A Glcncoe druggist is willing to swap wall paper for eggs. Petcrborongh wants $19,200 to run its schools next year. Arkona has a Jack the Peeper who peeps in windows at night. Point Edward merchants generally close their stores at 8 p.m. ‘ Listowel will bonus two industrial estab- lishments with $4,500. In Belleville a man charged 840 for the use of $1,000 two days. ‘ Montreal carpenters work nine hours a day at 20 cents an hour. A Picton firm has contracted to send 1,000 horses to England. Arkona’s berry basket factory is turning out ten thousand baskets a day. During the summer months grocers will close at 6:15. Wm..Nimmo has been postmaster of Ravenswood for23 years. ,l’arkhill’s population is 1,553, and the total assessment $312,115. The assessors put Woodstock’s population at 8,882, a decrease of 300. The Belleville assessor’s returns show the city population to be 10,117. The Michigan Central will erect a new station at l’etrolea, to cost $12,000. All the children of the Walkerville Public school have been vaccinated. A magnificent horned owl was recently shot at Galt by J. C.Todd. Canada has now 8,447 post offices, an increase of 189 since last year. Moncton, N. B., is arranging to have an electric street railway service. M. O’Gorman, the well-known boat builder, of Sarnia, is dead, aged 61. . It cost a mm in Vancouver 815 for trying to run a pitclifork into a bailiff. Mr. Paisley, whodied at Rosseau lately, is said to have been 126 years old. The late Mrs. Jane A.Mitchell, of Ham- ilton, left an estate worth $65,463. 57. At the OLtawa hatchery 1,259,000 salmon trout eggs are in process (if incubation. A judge in Brockville said that not one assessment in that town is preperly made. I ists close their stores at Guelph Cliatham promises to put an exceedingly strong cricket club in the field this season. Two young ladies took the black veil at the Ursuline convent, Chatham, recently. 'The names of two rival baseball teams in Brooke township are Greenbacks and Mossbacks. A part of Concy Island, in the Lake of the Woods, has been added to Rat Portage for a park. The capacity of the Greenfield “flour mills at Ayr is to be raised from 400 to 700 bar- rels daily. The Berlin fire department has added chemical engines to its fire protecting system. ' The Brockville Athletic Association will erect an immense building, with extensive grounds. - The bad packing of Canadian apples is said to be militating against their popular- ity in England. ' _ Two Garafraxa farmers must pay 3300 costs in a lawsuit about apiece of land worth 5 9.10 cents. Sarnia’s assessment roll shows a popula- tion of 6,525, the taxable property being put at $2,045,840. A vein of tin and a new gold mine have been discovered in Rainy Lake, on the American side. During 1893 Scott, Cillis & Co..Stratbroy, paid out $120,000 for eggs, handling about 400,000 dozens. One hundred cars of ice have been ship- ped from Barrie for use on one of the steam-Av on at Collingwood. The reduction of the excise duty on malt will save from $‘E5,000 to $250,000 to the brewers of Canada. There is stmc talk of the Forest Excel- sior band being appointed a regimental band for the 27th battalion. The London city council have decided to issue $50,000 in debentures to meet water works expenditure. A Sarnia hen goes around cackling because she laid an egg 6; inches in circum- ference and four inches long. The G. T. R. will put down 2,000,000 new ties this year and the C. P. R. will have to replace most of its ties. The next convention of fire chiefs of America will be held in Montreal on the second Tuesday in Augush Strathroy has a Black Minorca hen which laid an egg 4 inches in length, and 6} inches in circumference the other day. The Port Hope Guido recently got judg- ment for $11.50 against a Guelph man who sent back his paper " Refused." Mrs. Green, of Sommerville, is 83 years old. She does all her own housework, and recently made a quilt of 2, 500 pieces_ Petorborough has two companies of High school cadets, and the citizens will uniform them srd equip a fife and drum band. The Saruia police take the names of everyone seen on the streets after midnight and report the same for entry in a register kept by the chief. Strathroy's population at present is 3,013, against 3,163 last year. The as- sessment has decreased in the same time from $1,076,275 to $1,043,072. ' Canadian architects are loudly complain- ing at the manner in which Americans are employed to design large buildings in this country in preference to themselves. HORSE THAT KNOWS WHAT IS SAID nauppa a Steed That Would Have Helped naseppa to Life, Sci Death. It cannot be said of the horse, as Heine said of the monkey, that it does not talk for fear of being put to work, says the London Daily News. Probably the ultimate degree to which the training of animals may be carried is reached in the case of the talking horse that literally made its bow at the Crystal Palace. Mazeppa is an Arab, edu- . cated so to say, in America, and its extraâ€" ordinary capacity for learning was mani- fested before an astonished and enthusias- tic audience. . In the strict meaning of the word, the horse does not talk, but is capable of an. swering questions addressed to it. It even understands French or German when it hears it spoken, though it does not speak these languages, in which it is not less ac- complished than some human beings. The animal not only appears to think, but is capable of expressing itseltintelligibly by signs. It has a special talent for arithme- tic. The audience was invited promiscuoust to call out a number of figures, which were arranged in rows on a blackboard, and Ma- zeppa, after looking over them, gave the sum of the addition by pawing the ground in every case the exact number of times necessary to indicate the result. As a mere trick this would be surprising enough, but, considering the figures were taken at ran- dom from among the audience, ladies and gentlemen, and, in particular, eager little boys, contributing, collusion seemed out of the question, and Mazeppa’s good fath was established by the still more remarkable achievement that followed. The horse was directed to count the num- ber of persons in given rows of the audience, and, having done so more than once, pro- ceeded to indicate the number of women and the number of men in anyparticular row. Having passed this examination, Mazeppa stood forth to answer any ques- tion to which it was possible to give a reply directly, by means of a shake of the head, signifying either “ Yes” or “ No,” or in figures. Thus, the day of the week and the month of the year, or the date of a birthday, revealed to the trainer, Prof. H. S. McGuire, was promptly found by the horse; any attempt to deceive it meeting always with a decidedly emphatic negative. This astounding entertainment concluded with an imitation by Mazeppa of a young man paying his addresses to a young lady. The horse’s affection of tenderness adds a very humorous touch to .an excellent piece of pantomime. The sagacious Muzeppa is simply a wonder. NEWS FROM JERUSALEM. Trade. Vfltli "Great Britain-“rho Jami. Jerusalem Railwayâ€"Bulking: is Brisk. ' The report of Mr. Dickson, British Con- sul at Jerusalem, on the trade of his dis- .. trict', contains several items of interest. Trade with Great Britain in 1893 showed some falling oil" as compared with 1892: but notwithstanding there has been a steady increase for several years past. Itisnoted that English ales, which had been driven from the market by the lighter beers of Austria and Germany, are again finding favor. It is sold at from 9d. to 1s. per quart bottle. ’ . The Jada-Jerusalem Railway hardly ap- pears to carry as much traffic as might have been expected. There is 'a daily passenger train each way and also two goods trains. Still a considerable amount of merchandise is conveyed by camels between the two places, on account of both the Jafi’a and Jerusalem railway stations being situated at some distance from the town. The rail- way company, in order to give further facilities to merchants, employ camels for the transport of goods from the warehouses to the stations. It is rumored that tholine will be prolonged to Nablous and Gaza. Buildings of various kinds continue to be erected in the vicinity of Jerusalem, and the city is fast outgrowingits former limits. On the western side houses have increased so rapidly within the last few years that quite a large suburb has arisen where for- merly fields and vineyards existed. Every available piece of land is now being bought up by private persons or by benevolent so- cieties and missions, and already the name of " Modern Jerusalem " has been given to this new quarter. The latest enterprise suggested is the placing of a steam launch and lighters on the Dead Sea. If this were done, the produce of Moab, which is a country rich in cereals, fruit, and cattle, could then be ferried across in a few hours in the lighters in tow of the steam launch, instead of having to be conveyed by cars- vans round the north or» south end of the Dead Sea, entailing a journey of from four to five days. Insurance of Watches. The wiseacre who declared that “ There is nothing new under the sun” gets another setback. Here is the idea: For $2, paid annually, a watchâ€"gentleman's or lady’s â€"-is guaranteed against trouble. That is tosay,$2 will keep itin repairfor one year, no matter how often it may at out of order or who: may be the cause. It may be dropped ona bricksidewalk,or you may fall overboard with it in your pocket; no questions are asked and no limit‘put upon repairs to the movement up to a total of $25, at the rates usually charged. All st lee of watches are included in the new ofiir except a few special movements. It is a fact that not one man in 100 remembers the number of his watch. The register secured by this guarantee is therefore a complete reference in caseof loss or theft. A label bearing the register number is also inserted in the cases of the watch, requesting any stranger in case of personal accident or sudden illn can to telegraph this number to the jewellers, who agree to promptly notify family or friends. THE Home. Statistics for the Cook. BAKING. ' Beans, S to 10 hours. Beef, sirloin, rare, 8 to 10 minutes per pound. ‘ Beef, sirloin, well done, 12 to 15 minutes per pound. . . Beef, long or short fillet, ‘20 to 30 min- utes. 0 Beef, rolled rib or rump, 12 to 15 minutes per pound. Biscuit, 10 to 20 minutes. Bread, brick loaf, 40 to 60 minutes. Cake, plain, 20 to 40 minutes. Cake, sponge, 45 to 60 minutes. Chickens, 3 to 4 pounds, 1 to 1; hours. Cookies, 10 to 15 minutes. Custards, 14 to 20 minutes. Duck, tame, 40 to 60 minutes. Fish, (Ste 8 pounds, 1 hour.- Gingerbread, 20 to 30 minutes; Graham gems, 30 minutes. Lamb, well done, 15 minutes per pound. Mutton, rare, 10 minutes per pound ; well done, 15 minutes per pound. Pie crust 30 to 40 minutes. Pork, well done 30 minutes per pound. Potatoes, 30 to 45 minutes. Pudding, bread, rice, and tapioca, 1 hour. ‘ Pudding, plum, 2 to 3 hours. Rolls, 10 to 15 minutes. Turkey, 10 pounds 3 hours. Veal, well done, 20 minutes per pound. soms‘o. Asparagus, 15 to 20 minutes. Bass, 10 minutes. Beans, shell, 1 to 2 hours. Beans, string, 2 hours. Beef a la mode, 3 to 4 hours. Beets, young, 45 to 60 minutes. Bluefish, 10 minutes per pound Brown bread, three hours. Cabbage, young, 30 to 40 minutes. Carrots, 45 to 60 minutes. - Cauliflower, 30 to 45 minutes. Celery, 30 to 40 minutes. Chickens, 45 to 60 minutes. Clams, 3 to 5 minutes. Codfish, 6 minutes per pound. Coffee, three to five minutes. Corn, green, 5 to 8 minutes. Corned beef, 4 to 5 hours. Eggs,'3 to 5 minutes. Eggs, hard boiled, 15 to 20 minutes. - Fowls, 2 to 3 hours. Haddock, 6 minutes per pound. A Halibut, cubical, 15 minutes per pound. Ham, 5 hours' " Hominy, 1 to 2 hours. Lamb, 1 hour. ’ Macaroni, ‘20 to 30 minutes. - Oatmeal, 1 to 2 hours. Onions, 30 to 40 minutes. Oysters, 3 minutes. ‘ Oyster plants, 30 to 60 minutes Parsnips, 30 to 45 minutes. Peas, 15 to 20 minutes. Potatoes, 20 to 30 minutes. Rice, 15 to 20 minutes. ’ Salmon, cubical, 15 minutes per pound. Small fish, 6 minutes‘ per pound. Smoked tongue, 3 to 4 hours. Squash, 20 to 30 minutes. Sweetbreads, ‘20 to 40 minutes. Tomatoes, 15 to 20 minutes. Turkey, ‘2 to hours. Turnips, 30 to 45 minutes. Veal, 2 to 3 hours. Wheat, 1 to 2 hours. BROILING. Chickens, 20 minutes. Chops, 8 minutes. Steak 4 to 8 minutes. . Fish, 5 to 15 minutes. ' " FRY] NG- , Bacon, 3 to 5 minutes. Breaded chops, 4 to 6 minutes Croquettes, 4 minutes. ‘ Doughnuts, 3 to 5 minutes. Fish balls, 1 minute. Fritters, 3 to five minutes. Muffins, 3 to 5 minutes. Small fish, 1 to 3 minutes. Smelts, 1 minute. Wearing Flannel. A great deal is said in regard to the ef- ficacy of scarlet flannels, but it must be remembered that although warm and thick underWear is needed during cold weather many children cannot wear colored flan- nels, Just as there. are some individuals to whom oysters and shell fish are rank poison. Flannels, especially those dyed With logwood aud redwood, are known in some instances to deprive the skin of acute feeling, while on the other hand, flannels colored with cochineal increase its sensitiveâ€" ness. To some it produces irritation beyond endurance, and to others it acts as a cura- tive for rheumatism and neuralgia. For these reasons white flannel is the safest. Serviceable Slippers. Warm, noiseless slippers may be made by ripping the soles from an old pair of leather ones. Knock off the heels and cover both sides with thick woolen cloth, overseaming on the edges. 'Good material for this as well as the uppers may be found in old coats and trousers. Cut the uppers by the old slippers and line with red flannel. Sew and press the seams in the c'oth, then in the lining Fit togeth- er and bind around the top, Slip the heel stiffener, saved from the old slippers, be- tween the lining and the outsidé and place. basic in Then sew upper and sole together, holding both wrong side out; then turn. ___â€" Delicious Preserved Pineapple. Pineapples are now both cheap and plenty, and are in good condition to preserve. Many persons prefer this fruit preserved rather than in its fresh state. If served uncmked it should be sugared over night if possible, certainly all da , and its tough fibre is made digestible if, a tershredding, a little cordial is poured over it before sugar- ing. The best way to put up pines ple is the pound to pound method. Peel: take out the eyes, and with a fork shred the fruit, and put in the preserving kettle, adding a pound of sugar for cvéry pound of pineapple. Cook, aft-3r it is heated through, about five minutes: then shim out the fruit on a plate or a platter and stand in the sun«l--: r m prevent discoloration. Return the syn,» LII the fire and boil for twenty minutes, put back the pines ple, and heat thoroughly, which will e about five minutes more. Put in cans while hot, and seal. The undercooking of the fruit is to keep it tender. 7 he rode up FACTS IN FEW WORDS. Seals cannot live in fresh water. Italy exports 2,500,000,000 oranges every year. Tame turkeys can be trained to hunt wild ones. fishes can be frozen hard without losing their vitality. Every male elephant is liable to insanity some time or other. ' Among flowers chrysauthemums live the longest after being cut. ' The flattening of the poles of Jupiter can be seen through the telescope. In,the days of Columbus only seven metals were nowu to exist. Now there are fifty-one. The popular belief that May is an unlucky month for marriages dates from Roman times. Fifteen dollars a day represents the inur- a e amount paid into every saloon in the nited States. » In 1892 American railroads killed 110 passengers, while in England only twenty- one met death in similar ways. New York leads with the first case of "overcome by the heat.” May 2 in that city is reported as the hotest day on record. Alaska is large enough to contain Great Britain and Ireland, Germany, France, Greece and Smtzorland, with some room to spare. There was a time, according to Prof. Bull, tlc celebrated Irish astronomer, when the'moon was so near us that the ocean’s tide was 640 feet high. The king of Dahomey was educated in France and speaks French fluently. He became a barbarian because he .was disap- pointed in a love affair. Samuel Hutchinson, of Prescott, Wash. who is claimed to be the tallest man on the Pacific Coast, stands seven feet two and one-half inches in height. Impulsive and Generous . General Franks, a leader of many a dash- ing charge in India, held aunique position among his soldiers. They loved him for his courage, but were sometimes irritated by his strictness. Yet’ in spite of this , exacting severity, ,he was unexpectedly lenient when a large occasion demanded it. One day,.when the regiment was “firing blank,” abullét whistled past him. He did not stop the firing, but when the num- ber of rounds ordered had been completed, to the line and said: . “Boys, there’s a. bad shot in the Tenth. He nearly shot my trumpeter, and what should I have said to that boy’s mother? I don’t want to know the blackguard’s name. The officers will not examine the men’s pouches.” This was on the eve of a campaign, and before action the senior major came to him and said “Don’t put yourself in front of the regiment to-morrow, sir. You know there are always one or two bad men in a regiment.” “Thank you major,” Was the reply. “It’s very kind of you. I might have given you a step." When the Tenth was drawn up for the final advance, he put himself at its head, and called: “Boys I’m tould ye mane to shoot me to- day. Take my advice, and don’t shoot Tom Franks till the foiglitiug’ is done, for ye won’t find a better man to lade yel’. The regiment answered with a cheer, and carried the Sikh batteries with the bay- onet, rather than run the risk of shootin the beloved old fire-eater at their head. __â€"°_â€"_~ A Diver’s Escape. For several years of my life I was em- ployed as a diver by a large wrecking com- pany, and during that period had a number of thrilling cirperiences. I think the worst position I ever found myself in was when I first started in the business. I had been instructed never to stir from the bottom until I had looked up and around me, and it was lucky for me that I heeded this advice. One day, having finished my work on the bottom, I was preparing to rise to the sur- face, when on looking around I saw a huge shovel-nosed shark watching me. , Near by was a large rock, and, hoping to dodge the ferocious monster, I moved quick- ly'to the other side of it. But the maneu- ver did not work; the shark watched every movement I made, changing his position by a slight movement of his powerful tail. Suddenly I conceived the idea of blinding the shark by stirring up the mud on the bottom, and under cover of that I might escape. I worked for dear life, and in a minute or two had the water thick with mud. Slipping around the rock again I rose to the surface, and had barely time to be hauled on board the boat before the voracious man-eater appeared on the surface not more than lOfeet from where I'had left the water. Quick to Observe. People who spend much of their lives out of doors, particularly in the country, sometimes develop powors of observation and deduction that seem little short of mar- vellous to men of indoor habits. During the Austro'l’russian War of 1866, when the Archduke Joseph of Austria and his corps were retreating before the advance of the I’russians, they encamped one day near a Bohemian town, and the archduke was lodged in a cottage. At about twelve o’clock at night the Archduke’s adjutant reported that a gipsy soldier wished to see him on a matter of im ortance. On being admitted-to the Archduke's presence, the gipsy announced that the enemy was approaching, and when asked how he knew, he took the Archduke to the door, and pointing to several birds flying over a wood at some distance, be said a “ Birds sleep as well as people, and these birds would not be flying about at this time of night if they had not been disturb- ed. The enemy is marching through the woods, and has frightened them." Relying on the gipsy soldier’s knowledge the Archduke commanded that an alarm be given at once. An hour later the out. posts were fighting with the Prussian soldiers. The camp was saved, thanks to the quick observation of the gipey. With the recent enlargement of the Lon- don depot of the Great Eastern Railroad the largest railway station in the United. Kingdom is completed. It occupies an area .of fourteen and three-quarter acres. 8 been trumpeted to the world. solid as the primeval rocks among which it ‘ ‘. THE FARNEN’S OUTLOOK. so USE TO GROW WHEAT AT HALF ‘ A DOLLAR A BUSHEL. The Attentlon of farmers Being Turner! to the (moose and Butter Industry- Canada is Itch In Lumber. Fisheries. and minerals. Wheat closed yesterday in Chicago at 53- §_cents a bushel, in Toledo 53* and in Milwaukee 52; which are the lowest figures ever recorded, and which may well make the judicious pause, and even the in- judicious open their eyes. Comparing these with the prices of by-gone days it is found that in the year 1869 the average price was 94 cents, in the ten succeeding years 51.04, and in the decade ending 1889 about 76 cents. Such a price as 5% cents is no price for the farmer to live upon ; it means on inland acres somewhere about‘lO cents, a figure that is likely to make the agriculturist all over the world wonder ‘ what things are coming to. This too in the face of the imminenco of a bountiful harvest from an immensely enlarged wheat area. In the Argentine republic four or five years ago itwas estimated there was a wheat producing area of at the outside 500,- 000 acres; now there are more than 7,000,- 000, and it looks as though in a few years there might be double that extent, which is onlyan example of what is taking place in some other parts of the world. In the southern tier of wheat-producing States wheat will be cut at the end of June, and there will be plenty coming into the market by the middle of July. PROSPECTS WERE NEVER BRIGHTER for large and early crops both of spring and wipter wheat. The prospects for corn are equally plenteous, and in addition to all this there is “ corn in Egypt.” The granaries that Joseph and his brethren visited were a fool to the immense str cks of grain at home and abroad. All these con- siderations point to a period of low prices, and it is only a suggestion by the way that the people’s staff of life oughtto be a good deal cheaper than it now is. There is ap- parently some reason for the question being asked as to why, when wheat is so cheap in the bushel, bread should be so dear in the loaf. The problem that this state of things puts before the farmer,however, relates to what he is to do at a period when wheat farming can scarcely be carried on at aprofit. It is plainly no use to grow wheat at half a dollar a bushel, and under these circumstances a good deal of attention is being paid to mixed farming. The cheese and dairy products of Canada have been very successful in the past and there seems to be a. probability that the capacity of the Dominion for these branches of production as shown not only ~ by the World’s Fair achievements, but by the INCREASED EXPORTS ’1‘0 BRITAIN, may be developed to a large extent. Can. ads. is also richer than some countries from the fact of the variety ‘of her resources. Because‘it does not pay to produce wheat ' we need not cry that everything is going by the board. Our lumber, our fisheries, and our minerals afford outlets for industry. In . connection with the last mentioned depart- ment, the mineral wealth of Canada has It is here no lies. ’Wo know we have this mineral wealth, little as it has been developed. Our Geological Survey Department has been for years piling up information about it. What would not some countries give if they had within their borders such districts as Belmont, with its splendid iron ‘ ore, East and West Algoma, with its copper and nickel, the Lake of the \Voods region, with its mineral possibilities and East and West Kootenay? The season is now opening splendidly for prospecting, and it is not as though there were not money in the country to go to work with. The increase of Canada’s wealth is shown by the bank returns, indicating as they do that MONEY IS BEING IIOARDED instead of being employed in industries. “lien leading monetary institutions look in vain for investments at home and seek them abroad, it is evident to the meanest understanding that some factor of develop- ment is wanting. It would seem that at the present time some of the funds at com. mand might be legitimately and usefully . invested in mining enterprises. With all the uncertainty that has accompanied some such ventures in the past, the fact remains that the mineral wealth of Canada affords a field which it is in the highest degree dc- sirable to reap. And that cannot be done by just leaving it alone and being content to leave it buried, like the sluggard's talent, in the earth. My, All UPRISING IN INDIA. A Feeling of llnrcst Thin. fllny Develop Into a Revolt. Notwithstanding the fact that the an: thorities in Calcutta have declared that there is no immediate reason for apprehend- ing an uprising of the natives, the fears that have been excited cannot be entirely groundless. It cannot be denied that there is a’fecling of unrest that may at any mom. ent develop into a revolt. This feeling was apparent last July, when, during the Mohammedan festival at Azingorli, serious disturbances arose through the disgust of the Hindoos at the cow-killing rcvalent on such occasions. At Bombay, a so, there was ariot, due to the same cause, and thirty- five people were killed before peace was restored. Itis not alone the jealousies and hatreds of the native races that cause dis; content: the interference of the British rulers of the country with long established native customs and rooted traditions con- tribute to the same result. The London S ctator, a short time a o, sounded a note ' o alarm, but little bee was given it. It ‘ was followed by the letter of the Indian his- torian, Colonel Malls-on, to which more attention was iveu. When it is remember- ed that the ca amities of 1857 were caused by a mere rumour that cartridges had been served out to the Bengal army greased with the fat of animals unclean alike to Hindoo and Mohammedan, the cow-killing i‘ioident grows in importance. _.. g. _ . r- -<â€"-‘.. _- - .. ..