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«emu vmafrytn-gh. AW <- --' «ww s- 9'... i 5 THE FARM. Influence of Food on Milk. The elects foods have on the richness of the milk are not so easily detected but the efl‘ect upon the quality of the milk and but. ter is quite apparent and should be careftu considered and provided for by the best possible selections of dry provender for winter use and the grasses and lands for summer pasturage. A trial carried out last year on the Ontario College Experimental Farm. and recordedin the annual report, has an impoth bearing upon the vexed question of the edect of a cow's food upon the richness of her milk. There were two trials, but it is necessary to refer to one only, as the conditions under which it was carried on were far more distinctive than those bf the other. Eight cows were fed for a month on pasture and one pound of bran each given simply to induce them to come into their stalls ; for a second month on pasture and one pound each of bran, peas and wheat during the first week, double quantities in the second, and treble in the third and fourth weeks; and, lastly, for a fortnight on pasture and all the green peas and cars they liked to eat. Now, in the conclusions derived from the results it is said that there was practically no difi'erence in the proportions of butter fat in the milk given by the cows in the first and second periods, and, taking the periods in their entirety, that is true ; but it would be quite a mistake to suppose that this proves that the food made no difl'erf ence to the quality of the milk and it is strange that the writer of the report did not notice the striking dffi‘ercncc which we will mention. In the first place, the cows had been in their winter quarters, in sheds till the end of May, when they were first turned out on to the pasture getting one pound of bran each a day. Before they were turned out the avgrage percentage of butter fat in their milk was 3.51 ; whereas for the first week on the pasture, ' it was 4. 22, with a considerable increase in the volume of milk. Here we have a clear demonstration of food making a difi'ence to the richness of milk. This surprised the manager of the experiments, who was prepared for the in- creased flow of milk, but not for the increase in butter fat. But this is not the first trial in which it has been shown that good pas- ture produces richer milk than corn. As to the lack of appreciable difference in the quality of the milk in the next two months, it is clearly explained by statements made, though the explanation is not recognized. It is stated that dry weather and conse- quent poor pasturage caused the quantity of milk to shrink during the second month- ly period, when the corvs had a gradually increasing supply of corn. No doubt the most nutritous grasses were eaten bare be- fore the second month began, and the corn barely made up for the loss. Yet, in spite of the pasture getting worse and worse, the richness of the milk increased slightly with the increase of corn, the average percent- age of fat being 3.82 for the last week of the second period, as compared with 3.62 for the first. - Again, in the last fortnight of the trial, when the cows had all the green peas and oats they liked to eat, still running on the pasture, the average percentage of butter fat increased from 3.82 to 4.01. Comparing the results in the last period with those of the first week of the second period (when the cows had poor ~pasturage and little corn), the increase is from 3.62 to 4.01. But the most striking difl'ercnoe is that first mentioned. The cows before being turned out had been getting one bushel of roots, twenty pounds of hay, four pounds of wheat and four pounds of bran each per day, and the average percentage of fat in their milk during the last week as stated above, was 3.51 ; but they did so much better on the fresh herbage of the pasture, probably not touched before since the winter, that, while getting only a pound of bran each in addi- tion, their milk became richer as well as more abundant, the percentage of fat being 4-22. Seeing that the trials made in a previous year at the Ontario College were relied on to a great extent as having indi- cated that food made no difference to the richness of milk, it is important to notice the latest evidence from that source. Spraying Fruit Trees. Dccidedly beneficial results have been obtained from spraying apple trees for two purposesâ€"to prevent the black rot or apple scab, and to destroy the codlin moth larvae. For codlin worms, one pound of paris green to 3‘20 gallons of water issulficieutly strong using a pure article of green. The benefits from a single spraying about June 25, re- duced the wormy apples 50 per cent. The cost was merely nominal. It took about three gallons of liquid to a tree of size to bear 10 bushels of fruit. A spraying appar- atus costs about $10 and requires two men to drive the horse, ply the break and direct the spray. A stronger application would be necessary to kill the canker worms. S raying for the apple seal) was equally e 'cieui but calls for different treatment. the shoulder in walking. At the beginning of the season's work theshonlder is tender, the hair long and full of dandrufl, and when lthe work a heavy the collar should be lcleaned every morning and noon, before 1commencing the work. For the first few ldays one or two cleanmgs' durin the half idsy will often prevent gelling} be done by rubbing the hand briskly several {times over the surface. It takes but a lmoment, and can be done while the team Eisresting. The shouldersshould also be :washed with warm water at night. rubbed ldry. and if then rashes! in water in which white oak ’bark has" been boiled ifor fifteen minutes, the skin is toughened. and the gelling prevented. Colts par- ! goalifly, should have their collars, well t The Farmer’s Riches. In silver and gold the farmer may be poor indeed, yet in the glories of day, in the mysteries of night, in sunrises, and sunsets, in sighing winds and rushing waters, in twilights and storms, in all the wonderful and grand operations of nature he may be rich indeed. Like music, true poetry exalts human nature. Its mission is to purify. It fills the sky of life with rainbows, and creates ideals towards which we strive. If the goal of the universal brotherhood of man is ever reached, the poets in every land and the poems in every language will be found to have con- tributed much toward the result. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"+â€"-â€"- th. TRO'I‘WOJD’S VACCINA'I‘ION. no Carefully and Skllfully taeclnated Himself With Petunia Seeds. The humorous aspect of vaccination al- ways impresses people who ars not vaccinat- ed much more keenly and agreeably than it does those who are vaccinated. But in a case which actually occurred last spring in the environs of a great city in which a “ smallpox scare” ' was proceeding, the victim of the operation was able, before all was done, to see the humorous side of it. It was a very peculiar caseâ€"so peculiar that undoubtedly it never happened before and never Will happen again. Mr. Trotwood, who lives in a suburb a few miles out of the city, is a thrifty though not a penurious man, and likes to do with his own hands what he can do as well as not. He was sure that he could vaccinate himself. .So he bought a small quantity of vaccine matter of the best guar- anteed quality, took it home, and before he retired that night vaccinated himself on the left arm. Next morning he remarked casually to his family at the breakfast-table, as he reached around uneasily toward his left arm, “ I vaccinated myself last night, and by George, it’s taking, too i” “ Vaccinated yourself l” “ Certainly I did. Simplest thing in the world. Did it just exactly as well as a doc. tor could do it.” Mr. Trotwood’s family were all admira- tion. But before he ‘ v [went away for the 3. . . day Mrs. Trotwood, » " happening to go to , ' _, thsbath-room,fouud : . _ .' upon the shelf there . ' "‘ ‘ an apothecary’s eng-l _. voiope, marked : “vaccine matter,” , which was sealed, and had evidently never been opened. She Went to her , husband. ' “Peter,” she said, ; ‘ ' ' :2. my; “whatdid you have ‘ your vaccine matter in ‘2” “ Why, in an envelope. I got it at the drug store in town and brought it out, ( pen- ed the envelope and used what I needed.” “ But this envelope has not been opened at all !” . Mr. Trotwcod was greatly perplexed. _“ Why,’{ said he, ” I certainlyâ€"” At- this juncture Mrs. Trotwood burst into hearty laughter, and produced another little white envelope, which had been opened, from the near vicinity of the other on the shelf. “ Peter Trotwood," she exclaimed, “ I’ll tell you what you've done l You’ve been and vaccinated yourself with my petunia seeds i” It was true. Mr. Trotwood had taken the wrong envelope, and had carefully and skilfully vaccinated. himself with petunia seeds ~and he was sure it was “ working.” He saw the humor of the situation, and laughed as heartily as any member of the family. HISTORICAL LIES. Thfle was probably no such man as Romulus. The first historian who mentions him lived at a distance of time so great as to throw extreme discredit on the story as told by him. I Alexander the great did not weep for other worlds to conquer. There is reason to suspect that his army met with a serious reverse in India, a fact that induced him to retrace his steps. The crew of Le Vengeur, the famous French ship sunk by an English mamof-war, did not cry “Vive is Rs ubliqiie l" They This is s fungus disease and dissemingued l bawled for help, and the .nglish boats were by spores, which in countless numbers in- 3m" to their minim“- fest the trunk and branches of the trees when nude of foliage, and later the leaves and fruit. Spraying the trees before the leaves put out in spring, and once or twice afterwards, with carbonate of copper with or without the ammonia addition prepared according to a bulletin sent out by the hiss» sechuselts experiment station. had a wou- dgrful effect in preventing the effect of the disease upon the fruit. Clean Horse Collars. One reason why horses gall their shoul- ders when at work is the neglect of the at- tondant in keeping the portion of the col- l-r that presses against the skin free from dirr. or dandrud’, which is constantly gath- ering upon. the leather. This is rolled into lumps by the friction of the collar against The immense burning glasses with which Archimedes burned the ships of the hescig- ers of Syracuse at ten miles distance were never manufactured and it is now known that they could not have existed. Pitt did not use the expression, “The , atrocious crime of beluga young man.” 'I‘h'3 Words were used by Dr. Johnson, who was not present, but wrote areportof the speech from an abstract given him by a bearer. Vinegar will not split rocks. So Hannibal could not thus have made his way through the Alps. Nor will it dissolve pearls. So that the story of Cleopatra drinking pearls melted in vinegar must have been a fiction. Wei-shippers are not crushed by hundredl under the wheels of the car of Juggernaut The car has not been taken out of the icmpie for many years, and such deaths as “formerly occurred were exceptional or ac‘ ' cidenza‘. l FUN FOR SOLDIERS. TEE ANGRY 30338. 1"-" “ w-flm .‘ 1'l‘n‘. lI'u’C Excitement I‘ lenâ€" British hoops Show Vlsltors low Battle Are Won. The royal military tournament, recently held for the fifteenth time at Islington: Fmgland, is more than apopular entertain- ment. It is a public institution, andone too, without which there would be a pesitive and painfully felt gap in the life of the nation. What people is there under the 'un that does not likes show! And what can be a more fascinating show than one in which all the actors are not professional showman, but the sternest of all living realitiesâ€"soldiers and fighting men 2 With she mass of the nation leavened with the citizen-soldier spirit, this annual assault of arms at Islington, this Isthmia of Tommy Atkins, is naturally welcomed as one of the greatest popular pleasures of the year. Who cares for the tournament of tongues at Westminster in comparison with the tournament of arms at Islington! And what a poor show, thinks the sightseer in London, is made by the gladiators of St. Stephen’s as compared with tho gladiators of the Agricultural hall l The beauty of these tournaments is that they are notrestricted to the British army. France and Italy have in turn contributed to them some of their very best wielders of the white weapon ;and now Denmark sends as messengers of peace and amity some choice descendants of the men who used to land upon British coasts, sword in hand, with different intent. It was hoped that a body of United States cavalry would have added to the attractions of this year’s dis- play, but their appearance has been deferred till next June ; and then it will go far to realize the hopes of- race universalists, who are always dreaming of an annual Isthmia for all the An lo-Saxon race. Certainly the Isthmia at slington is already acting as a good and promising nucleus of such a fine scheme ; and, indeed, there were some who began to think that its realization was well past the initial stage when the home troops of the Queen were seen contending in the same arena of arms and honor with gunners from the snow-clad plains of Can- ada, and bronzed troopers, finest ofIt-heir kind, from the sheepproduoing prairies of the Southern Cross. ' But, if last year's tournament was per- haps a little more vividly picturesqueâ€"with its lancers from New South Wales, its gunners from the batteries of Canada â€"the programme of the present assault of arms is as rich as ever in martial feats of strength and skill. The evolutions performed are all new and are most efi'ective. The pace which is kept up is especially noticeable and to be commended highly. It is usually quick and lively, much in contrast to the somewhat slow, if stately, movoment seen in previous years. The series of performances of skill and strength by men of the army and auxiliary forces, horse and foot, was opened at the Royal Agricultural ball the other day. Among the Visitors from day to day were Prince Edward oi Saxc~VVeimar, Lord William Seymour, and other military offi- cers of rank. The First Life guards, the Scots guards, the Twentieth hussars, and two batteries of horse artillery, as well as many yeomanry cavalry troops and volun- teer battalions, contributed to the varied programme of material displays and athletic exercises. For the combined exhibition of all arms ' a model of a Sundanese native town on the banks of the Nile was erected, to be at- tacked by a British force. A light bridge having been thrown across an imaginary stream, the advanced guards of troops pushed forward and prepared to bivousc; they were soon engaged with the enemy, but were relieved by the arrival of success- ive reinforcements, with a mountain battery and machine guns. A party of the rpyal engineers constructed a pontoon bridge and a balloon was sent up to examine the interior of the fortress. These operations resulted in driving out the 'Soudanese garrison. ‘ SKATES FOR LADDER CLIMBERS. They Given Surer Footing and Save the Shoes. A ladder skate has recently been designed for roofers and other workmen whose em- ployment calls for their frequent use of the ladder. The'bottom of theskate is provided , rue LADDER sears. with a three-loop casting to prevent slipping on the round of a ladder. The maunfac~ turers state that the skates can be put on or taken off in an instant: that they do not have to be taken 05 when walking out the ground ; that by their use standing on the round of a ladder is made as comfort- table as standing on the ground, and that "'CQFS?BOCTIOS 01' rue SKATE. the skates are sh made that foot can be moved on a ladder to any desired position. Tha‘poiut is made that the skates are great avers offshoes. To become like Christie the only thing in the world (worth carili'g‘for; the thing before which every ambition of man is folly, and all lower achievements vain. When Christ said “Sufi'er little children to come unto me" he did not require their pedigree. The Recurrent-ed “do Battle With the British. The South African Republic is surrounded by British possessions or territory under British protection. V It has nooutlot k! $119 sea and is not likely to get one. The former President Kruger tried every means in his power tosocnre an outlet through WO‘ land to the coast, but was unsuccessful. Rhodes’ influence was too much forJIiin.~ The Boers ohafe under this restriction, which bears heavily upon them. The 30‘ public raises its revenue by means of a tax upon imports. These having lapses through British custom houses at the coast, and to be hauled many hundreds of miles by rail- way or ex team far into the interior, where another tax is imposed at the frontier of the Republic, excessively high prices prevail for all commodities in the Transvaal, which would not he could the Boers secure an in- dependent route to thecoast for themselves. This is looked upon aspart of the PORCING OUT POLICY of the ag ressive Premier at the Cape. “All Sout Africa British” is his motto- The existence of the Re ublic under such circumstances“ doubtfu , but when it is considered that the discovery of rich d deposits in the Transvaal has cause a great influx of foreigners, so that the British subjects in the Republic equal, if they do not outnumber, the Boer population, it can be easily seen that it will be extremely, difficult for the Republic to preserve its autonomyfor many cars longer. The con- ventions of 1880 and’1884 with Great Bri- tain secured to the Boers republican rights, but the British retained control- of native afl‘airs and foreign relations so that the Baez-sure prevented from engaging in for- eign intrigue. They had battled or their independence and won it by overthrowing, with reat slaughter, the British forces of Gen. lley at Majuba Hill in 1881, and they have jealously guarded the Republic ever since. The influx of British miners and others, attracted thither by the dis- coveries of gold, was not regarded with favor by the exclusive Boers, but the coun- try has advanced so amazingly within the past few years that general prosperity re- conciles them to the presence of the English incomer or “ vitlander.” Still they have steadfastly refused to extend the franchise to this large foreign element orto grant it representation in the Boer Parlia- ment, which has > EMBITTERED ENGLISH FEELINGS against them. Under these circumstances the English residents are justified in refus- insr to do military service for the Republic, as a recent decree cujoins upon all maledeni- zone of the Republic. An attempt on the part of the Boers to enforce this decreemustsnrely lead to resistance on the part of the English, who refuse under any consideration to bear arms for the Republic. Reports from'South Africa, show that intense excitement pro- vails at Pretoria, the capital of the Trans vaal, that the Englishhave made a demon- stration against the Boers, and that the latter, fully armed, were coming in from the surrounding country, prepared to do battle with their hereditary foes, so the situation may be said to be serious. War with the Boers will be no light matter. They are brave, intensely patriotic and skilled rifle- men, which qualities have won them victory over the British before, and may again should occasion arise. WEALTH OF THE WORLD. The Astonishlnz Rate at Which the Wealth of the World Increases. Few people, even among professed politiv clans, have much idea of the wealth of the world or of the manner in which that wealth is growing. Still fewer have any notion of the potentiality of wealth to increase. M. Jannet quotes the elaborate calculation of an ingenious author to showthat 100 francs, accumulating: at five per cent. compound interest for seven centuries, would be suf- ficient to buy the wholc'surface of the globe, both land and water. M. J annet cites various authorities to show that the wealth of Great Britain ex- ceeds £10,000,000.000 ; that of France, £8,000.00!) 000‘; that or ‘ 'all Europe,£40,- 000,000,000. If we place the wealth of the rest of the world; at £26,000,000,000 we shall arriveat an aggregate of 5: 80,000,000, 000. We should have, we may add, to multiply this vast sum 30,000 times before we reached the total to which according to M. Jannet’s ingenious authority, 100 francs accumulating at five per ' cent. compound interest for 700 years would grow. The figures we have given are so vast that they convey no appreciable idea to the ordinary reader. p it be added that France on a‘n‘average pos- sesses more than £200, Great Britain more 'â€" . than £250 for each member of the popula- tion. Just 200 years ago Sir W. Petty es~ timated the entire wealth of England at only f: 230,000,000. Two centuries, there- fore, have increased it forty-fold. But the chief additions to it have been madein the last fifty years and we believe that we are not far wrong in saying that the sum which is annually added to Great Britain amounts to £200,000.00), or in other words is near- ly equal to its entire wealth at the time of the revolution of 1688. Result of a Policeman's Mistake. Aregrettable mistake, that has led to tragic consequences, has been made by a member of the “police des mccurs" at Mar. - seilles, France. He arresteda respectable young dressmaker, aged 19 years, on sea. ' picion of being an improper character. As it was not until she had been in the prison cells for a whole night among criminals that she succeeded in establishing the fact that she was of unblemished reputation, ’ the occurrence prayed upon the young girl's mind. “I could not hear my parents to hear of my misfortune." she said more than once to a friend. In the end she committed suicide by suffocating herself with charcoal fumes. Ina pathetic letter, written before the deed was committed, she said, " the ‘polico are the cause of my death." take ship It may assist the apprehension if us ATLANTIS SERGE. SIR WILLIAM VAN HORNE HOLDS TO ‘ BIS OPINION. Claims flat the Country Needs It. and a melamine” u meru- Handled. It Inst Be or the Very lest (‘lsss In Every Particular. The following interesting statement was made recently by Sir William Van Home with regard to the proposed fast‘line : “ I have publicly stated my views about a first-class Canadian Atlantic steamship line a good many times, and I hold to those views just as strongly as I ever did. I would be quite unfit for the ofioe I occupy had I not, with the opportunities I have had, become familiar with the commercial interest of the country and with all parts of the country. It is possible that my de- ductions from the knowledge I have ap- quired are incorrect, but I believe I am right in holding that an Atlantic steamship service of the highest class is the very greatest need of the country. Indeed, I have no doubt whatever about it, nor have I any doubt as to its practicability,‘ to which I have given much attention; c that it will v be successful if properly established and handled. I can see where the business is to be had to support it, and I think I can see what effect it will have in promoting the material in- terests of the country ;_ and I hold that it should be provided at almost any cost. I look upon it as a necessary and natural supplement to the enormous expenditures Canada has made for the development of railways and canals, and that it will have a most'pcwerful effect in attracting people to the country. I hold that it would be folly to start at this late date with a second rate line ; and in order that it may be effec- tive and successful, it must be of the very highest class. It must be all that money will make it. The Canadian Pacific Railway Company has no financial interest, and is not likely to have,in any scheme now under consideration. We would prefer to see the service established by some one of the prose ent Canadian Atlantic 1ines,or by a combin- ation of them ; but if they will not under- take it, anybody else who does will have our hearty cheers, provided, of course, that the service furnished is just what we think it should be. This company indicated to the Government at one time the conditions on which it would undertake to furnish the service, but these conditions were_not deem- ed practicable, and the company has sinct dropped out of the question. It should no- be forgotten that when this company move ed towards the establishment of a first-class Pacific steamship line most of those who on lit to know insisted that we could never in use passengers to go to Vancouver to for China and Japan ; but the re- sults have strikingly disproved this, and they have proved that people who have travelled by sea will travel by the very best ships, from whatever port they sail.” THE PULLMAN BOYCOTT. The Movement Gathering Strengthâ€"Not a Car Leaving Chicago. A Chicago despatch says :-â€"The extent of the Pullman boycott strike was indicated Thursday by the flood of telegrams received by President Debes,of the American Union; the movement has gathered strength until ncwitparalyzes the traffic of the whole west. Perishable freight is being ruined on side tracks of overland routes in Texas, New Mexico. Arizcma and Southern California as well as Nebraska, Utah, Montana, Oregon, Idaho, Minnesota and the Dakotas. Travel is stopped from the Pacific coast east, and not a car isleavin Chicago for the west. Messages receive today from Minneapolis,Duluth, Los Augeles, Spraguc, Wash., Emporia, Kan., Livingston, Butte and Missoula, Mom, and Little Falls, Minn., all agree that no trains are moving from Chicago to the Pacific coast. No trains, through or suburban, were running on the Illinois Central into or out of Chicago to-day. By 10 o’clock this morning the Galen and Wisconsin division of the Chicago North-Western was at a standstill. Announcement was made that every road entering the Union depot would be tied up at noon. The Chicago, Burling- ton and Quincy, the Pennsylvania, the Chicago and Alton and the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul, would all be affected .if traffic at the Union depot should be stopped. ' â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€".â€"â€"-â€"-â€" Secing the Editor. “The office boy, 'who was also guardian of he gate of the Occidentalist, was sunning himself lazily in front of the office when a rough-looking citizen, with his pantaloon' in his boots and agun in his coat tail pocket' approached the portenllis. “Can I see the editorf’he asked in a voice that sounded like a bass drum out of tune “Do you want him to see you?” asked the guardian significantly. “1 don't care if he does or not, so lung’s I can tee hi'm‘.‘”"“ This did not strike the guardian propl- tiously. ' ‘ ‘ “What do you want to see him about 2" he asked on another tack. “About four minutes and a half," was the rather equivoeal replg. “Is it personal!" inquire the boy, disrca garding the 'anclout form of witticism in the answer. "Yes." "Want tolick him?" "No; want to pay my subscription for last year and the year to come." The boy jumped up; he hadn't moved pre- viously. _ “Walk right in," he said, shoving the door open; “walk right in; but say, mister, don't spring it on him sudden; he ain't used to it and something might happen." W Policemen in Austria must understand telegraphy.