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é. 1! ,. g. i “Aha-my... l . l 1 ‘3 ABOUT THE HOUSE. “Edi-{5ND mm Bringing up Children. Thereis a great responsibility resting on those to whom children are given to bring up to man and womanhood, and I fear that too many parents do not realize the full measure of this. I always have a feel- ing of reverence for a child who is just coming into the age when every day is a_ I These toes of Society Stay be Footbardy Enough to Pay Canadaa “alt. Canada would seem to be the last place in the world to invite the unwelcome attention of Anarchists. We do not know that we have a single case of that social disease amongst us. If such a case was discovered, it would very speedily be isolated. Yet, according to the hackneyed revelation of things not before known. jphrase, it is the unexpected that happens, Such a child must be pure in heart if any human being over was and we are told “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they slcall see God," and I often think that these little children see and know of things that they forget or remember but dimly when grown up. A child’s mind and moral nature is a blank tablet which the parents fill with good or evil, and how very careful they should be that nothing is written there that trust sometime be erased, per- haps through pain and sorrow and always leaving a scar. insisted on from the beginning, and if the word of the parent is yes. or nay and the child learns to know there Will be no trouble in securing obedience Without recourse to harsh measures. I have in mind a gentle little women who rules her children with soft words and gentleness, and Inever knew more obedient children than hers. It is the rule of her life never to promise her children anything and fail to fulfill the promise, and if she says “no,” she means it. The children know that they can depend on‘Iier and do not question her wisdom. Frequently she takes pains to explain why she denies a request and it is good to see how quietly her children take a denial. These children are polite to every one because their parents have always been polite to them, and they do not know of any other way to conduct themselves. Children are just what We make them and we should never forget this fact. A Mediateâ€" Chest. In every home should be kept out of the reach of young children, a medicine chest. This chest or cabinet, which should contain several shelves and fastening with sleek and key can be made at home, or bought in any house furnishing store. It should contain a spoon, pair of shsr scissors, pins, needles, thread, a. roll of old linen cloths, some cotton, court plaster, a syringe, olive oil, vaseline, linseed oil, castor oil, turpentine, camplior, arnica, blackberry cordial, peppermint (essence), ipecac, ground mustard, sulphur, flaxsecd, pulverized alum and sugar. Every medi- cine should be plainly labeled with name and size of dose. Hints For Housewives. Always cut onions, turnips and carrots across the fiber. Salt rubbed on the black spots on dishes will remove them. Use a short handled paint brush to wash the outside of window sills. If a shirt bosom or any other article has been scorched in ironing lay it where the bright sunshine will fall directly on it. To clean the tea or coffee pot fill it with water and put in a piece of hard soap. Set it on the stove and let it boil an hour. It will be as bright as now. To make clothes wash easy : Mix one tablespoonful of kerosene oil with one pint of soft soap and soap all the white clothes ; put them to soak over night, and you will have very little rubbing to do. To take out mildew : Mix soft soap with Obedience should be| and the judical death by hanging yesterday morning at Pittsburg, Pa., of Noel Maissun, and the circumstances connected with the crime for which he suffered, appear to show that it was once intended that a bolt of AMBCHXSTXC vsxcssxcx. should fall in a Canadian cityâ€"presumably Ottawaâ€"and that it should have a des- tructive effect on the Government buildings. Noel Maisson was executed for the murder of Mrs. Rees. Mrs. Race and her husband were returning ‘rom a visit to a neighbor on the night of Sept. 23rd last year, when they were attacked by Maisson and another man, named Auguste Breyesse. They shot Mrs Rnes throuin the heart, and severely maltreated her husband. Maisson was subsequently sentenced to death, and Breyesse to twenty years’ im- prisonment. At the trial it came out that a. plot was being matured having for its , object the blowing up of Canadian Govern- ment buildings, and that Mrs. Racs was cognizant of it. She had apparently indi- cated a disposition to talk about this plot in an indiscreet manner, and the murderers appear to have thought that it would be a safe policy to put her out of existence. They were not sufficiently clever to do this without getting into the meshes of the law themselves, and, as a consequence, they met the just reward of their deed. But they were evidently desperate men, who were BENT ON MISCHIEF, and who intended to stick at nothing in the carrying out of their plots. The evidence as to the guilty designs of the miscreants was given at the trial bya witness who had heard the unfortunate victim talk in a. mysterious way'about the nefarious business in hand. It wouldlbe interesting to know P what the origin of this business was, and whether some secret authority had devol- ved the carrying of it out upon Maisson and Breyesse, or whether they Were under- taking it upon their own account. It is possible, of course, that they were murder- ous cranks who had formed a project for startling North America after the European manner, but, on the other hand, the plot might have been a ramification of a. cosmo- politan design against ‘Governments in general. If any credence at all can be given to the evidence at the trial, it seems to indicate that our police authorities should not be unmindful of the fact that these foes of society may be foolhardy enough to pay Canada a visit, while it may suggest the desirability of some investiga- tion of the circumstances referred to. Early Poverty a. Stimulus. To start life the son of a poor man is on of the most beneficial things that could possibly happen to a boy with any vestige river has a. total fall of 800 feet. of energy in his nature. The invigorating breezes of adversity, the bracing air of poverty, stimulate the moneyless young man, and give a healthy tone to his work. In fighting his way in the world, he is compelled to put forth all the power he can aggregate, or the crowd will press him down and trample on him. His brain is clear, and his wits sharpened, powdered starch, half as much salt, and the not, from choice but from necessity. 'uice of one lemon : lay it on the part, on The rich man’s son, on the other hand Olh Sides. With if brush ; let it lie on the cradled in luxury, guarded from the rude graSB day and night $111 the stain comes buffetiugs of the masses, and petted by his! out. If those women who suffer with tired aching feet could know the relief to be ob- tained from the use of cushions planed in front of the table where they stand when washing dishes, ironing, preparing vege- tables. etc., they would lose no time in providing themselves with one or more of these solid comforts. They may be made of several thicknesses of old cloth, bagging, carpeting or horse blanket. stitched togeth- er and covered with old carpet. The edges should be turned in and overhanded, and the whole tacked like a comfortable. Two loops to hang it up by, complete this kitchen comf0it. Many women who do much sewing fre- quently suffer a great deal from soreness of the month without knowing the cause. This is said on good authority to be caused by bitin I of the thread, instead of cutting it with t e scissors. In using silk thread the danger is greatly increased, as it is often soaked in acetate of lead both to harden it and increase its weight. When this habit of biting threads becomes con- firmed and much silk thread is used, the consequences are sometimes very serious, even leading to blood poisoning. â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"¢â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" Fruit Eating to Cure All ills. “A new society of cranks has been started by a former lieutenant in the Ger- man army,” as s the Medical Record. "His name is oeler. He is the leader of a new ‘ism', and as such sailed recently from San Francisco to Honolulu. The ‘Fruitarians’ is the name of the new society he represents, and their beliefâ€"or rather notionâ€"is that modern civilization is full of vanities and strange notions, had great- ly needs reforming. The members eat. nothin but ripe fruit, eschew cooked food 0 auykind, and drink only water. They are tolive in huts, bare of the com- forts of civilization, and go naked. Ex. Lieut. Boeter intends to buy a large tract of land in the Sandwich Islands, or perhaps parents, is absolutely incapable of defend- ing himself ; and if, by any chance, the barrier that wealth has placed about him should collapse, he finds himself unable to stand against the inrushing stream of humanity. It will be admitted that a great propor- tion of the wealthy and successful men, in this country at all events, are the sons of men, who, when their children were yet of tender years, suffered the pangs ofpoverty. ' In setting his shoulder to the wheel of the carIin which the Wealthy sit at ease, the poor man develops his brain and his muscle by exertion. The rich man so long as his riches remain, has decidedly the better time of it in the direction of the leasures of life, but it is when wealth an friends desert him, that he becomes aware of his own weakness, and of his inability to live by his own exertions. â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. A Dom-it of Over llall'n Million Dollars on the First llnll Year's Business. A despatch from London says: The Man- cheater ship canal shareholders met. this week to hear the financial result of the first half year’s work. The total net revenue from tolls on the canal amounts to 340,000; total net revenue from all sources $175,000: interest due on debentures $753,000. There is, therefore, a deficit of much more than interest due eaSily enough. These resources consist, however, of the balance of the last corporation loan, and of the reserve fund, on both of which there are heavy calls for construction purposes and future hali' -yearl y interest payments over and above the revâ€" enue. The directors, nevertheless, have con- fidence in the future. They are at present a small ialdnd outright, for the purpose of engaged in a bitter controversy with founding a colony. Not Likely to be lntrudcd Upon. Liverpool, which takes the form of rate- cutting. Liverpool's hostility to the Man- chester canal is unmitigated. There are . u“). Mi“ NQ'rich_“\\’g i, very ex. odds with the railways, also, between which elusive." Little Miss Brickrowâ€"“Wat’s that ‘:" “We don't have much company." u0h ! Marsala noticed that." “Did she 3” and the Manchester docks there is at pre~ sent but a single connection. The directors, however, are far from deapairng, and have the shareholders do not seem to have raised a single coin laint at. this meeting, distant “Yes, and she said you wouldn’t have n the d‘)’ 0 di‘f'idend! run“ he. The re- mnch company, either, so long as yank; port was unanimously abopted and the your servants throw slope in the street.” half a million to be provided for. The com- pany has “unappropriated resources" amounting to $2,520,000 and can meet the chairman‘s salary increased. WONDERS 0F LlBRlllflll .- AS DISCOVERED BY DOMINION GEO~ LOGISTS. ~â€" ‘l'le Exploration of nears. Lova- und Baton Darin: l-‘ll'teen Months Pastâ€"The Grandest Falls in Americaâ€"Mountains or Iron (re and Shoals or Fishâ€"Messrs low and Eaton In Quebec. â€"â€" Messrs. Low and Eaton,of the geological survey of Canada and four Indian guides reached Quebec the other day on their way home to Ottawa from a perilous journey of 15 months through the interior of the Lab- rador peninsula. A breif outline of their trip from lake St. John to Ungava bay, in the extreme north, which connects with Hudson strait, has already appeard, based upon personal letters from the explorers. Not only have they filled in this story with a record of valuable discoveries made during this portion of their trip, but they have also brought- with them one of the most wonderful reports of hitherto unkown territory ever made public at one time. Where the maps ccntain dotted lines, sig- nifying the existence of an unkown lake. Mr. Low has found an inland body of water as large as grand lake Mistassini. THE HAMILTON RIVER. FALLS exceed all that was expected of them, and are undoubtedly, says Mr. Low, the finest in America, if not in the world. Hundreds of square miles of the richest mineral de- posits have been found, and the world of science has been enriched by the collection of notes and specimens of the flora and fauna and geological formation of this far nor- thern country. Early in the year the ex- pedition left Esquimaux bay or Hamilton inlet to recross the interior of Labrador. .Mr. Low travalled 500 miles in dog sleighs making explorations. Then, about the let of March the whole partv, commenced the ascent of Hamilton river. Six or eight Esquimaux ha1f~breeds were engaged to assist in hauling provisions, etc., but were dispensed with after a fortnight each of the remaining men having 800 pounds of supplies to carry, necesSitating three trips, or five, including returns, and that over a distance of 300 miles, equivalent to a jour- ney of 1,500 miles. Up to about the 19th May the explorers ascended the river in sleighs. Then the ice gave way, and the progress of the party was RENDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS by reason of the large masses of needle shaped ice fioes, which meet the canoes. One canoe upset, and two Indians were in the water for nearly half an hour. The Great falls of Hamilton river were reached and explored .prior to the going out of the ice, and numbers of beautiful photographs were obtained from all points above the ice cones, etc. No previous ' expedition could have had a full view of the falls, as only when the river is frozen can they be approached. In five miles the In the centre of the drop there is a sheer vertica of 300 feet, and the river is generally as large as the Ottawa. In a quarter of a mile there is a rise of 700 feet in the port age leading to the head of the falls. The cataract is confined within walls 500 to 800 feet in height and perfectly vertical. In places below the falls the canyon narrows to some 20 to 50 feet in width, through which the rush of water is lSDESCRIBABLY GRAND. Near the foot of the falls Mr. Low’s party found the remains of the boat, the burning of which by the carelessly left re- mains of a camp fire inflicted such misery upon the members of the Bowdoin College exploring expedition. The records of that expedition were discovered in» a bottle above the falls, and Mr Low added to them those of his party. The Canyon is gradu- ally eating its way back, and the glacial period of the world’s history has left un- doubted marks upon the face of the coun- try. Michikimaw was found by Mr. Low- to beas large or larger than lake Mistassini. It is at least 100 miles long, not filled with islands like the latter mentioned, and with a much greater width. The dotted lines that purport to represent it upon existing maps place it50 miles away from'its actual width. The whole of this northern coun- try is a perfect network of waterways. Mr. Low complains of the difficulty in keeping the road through it. When the river in ascending leads into a large lake it is often difficult to find the way out again by the inlet. Several lakes larger than lake St. John were found inthe north- east. FISH ARE l'LENTll-‘UL. The fish in these northern waters are exceedingly plentiful and include large whitefish, lake and brook trout, ouanani- chc and red and white carp. At. Natvak, sca trout up to 14 pounds are taken. The explorers have brought back with them a large collection of birds, insects, plants, etc,. and, more important still, a large lot of beautiful Labrodorite, the precious var- iety of the gem and specimens of iron ore which corresponds with that of Marquette, Mich, and is of most fabulous value from its immense extent. There are whole mountains of the almost solid metal, con taining. aiii.i.io.\'s or Toss EACH, and this iron-bearing formation extends from latitude 50 to Ungava, covering a tract of land 400 by 200 miles in extent. Immense herds of caribou cross the north- ern rivers in late autumn, usually furnish- ing ample food supply for the Indians, who slaughter them by thousands. Their entire absence last year, which caused death by starvation of hundreds of Indians, is sup- aed by some of the aborigines to have Egon caused by polluted atmosphere,due to the number of carcasses left to dry in the revious season. Up to the time that Mr. w reached Mingan last month he had re- ceived no news from civilization of later,date than December 15 last, which rcochdd him on March 20. r I } FARMING IN FOREIGN LANDS. The government of South Africa is im- porting English hackney stallions for breed- ing purpeses. The despised rabbit of Australia is being anxiously inquired for by the British army contractor, who sees a possible supply of cheap and wholesome food for the army in that direction. The grape and wine industry in Hungary is suffering greatly from phylloxera and black rot. The vintage has steadily de- creased, year by year, that of last year being only three-eighths of the annual average of fifteen years ago. The experiments of flax-growing for seed and fiber in South Australia has proved eminently satisfactory, far exceeding ex- pectations. It is expected that a much larger area will be devoted to flax culture, and possibly other fiber plants. The director of the government farm at Nariad, India, reports officially that cotton from American seed has proved a failure in India, after long and repeated trials. He recommends, therefore, that the cultivation should stop, and indigenous varieties be cultivated instead. A school of practical agriculture has been established in the Province of Buenos Ayres, under direction of the Argentine government. This is the first institution of the kind in that country, and great hopes are entertained of its elevating influence on agriculture in Argentina. Dried peat. or turf, cut from bogs, is largely used for fuel throughout Europe. Some of it is moulded much as bricks are, pressed into compact balls. One hundred pounds of peat have a heating capacity equal to fifty pounds of hard coal, or to nearly one hundred weight of wood or soft coal. Tea culture in British India and Ceylon has proved quite successful from a cultural point of view, but its commercial success depends upon increased markets for the product. America and Australia are regarded with interest by Indian and Ceylon planters as possible buyers of their surplus. An Agricultural Organization Society has been formed in Ireland, largely through the efforts of Hon. W'. L. Plunket, son of the Archbishop of Dublin. The avowed aims and purposes of the society are some- what similar to the Grange of the Ameriâ€" can farmers, and is full of promise for the agriculture of Ireland. At a meeting of the local branch of the South Australian Bureau of Agriculture, 9. member stated that he had raised and sold fifty- pigs at- a cost of less than sixpence each for feed. He had kept them in an inclosure where they fed 03 an early crop of barley, and were then fattened on melons, the latter being a profitable food for the purpose. Sisal hemp is being so successfully culti- vated in Jamaica, that next year a consid- erable quantity of the fiber will be export- ed. The plant can be grown on barren lands and impoverished soils, which are worthless for other crops. The climate of the island is very favorable to its growth and it is destined to become a great boom to the planters. The average yearly wine production of the world is about eighty billion gallons, of which Italy, Spain and France furnish about one-tenth each. or together, about one-third of the world’s product. In Italy, where farm labor is one-third of the price it is in the United States, the soil for a vineyard is turned up to a great depth, which is one reason why Italy is the finest wine-growing country in the world. A new machine for flax dressing has been brought out in Melbourne, Australia, It is very simple in construction, consisting of seven pairs of heavy fluted rollers, revolv- ing by steam power, beLWeen which the flax is made to pass. The woody parts are thus crushed, and the flax is passed to the scutcher, which removes the broken re- fuse, leaving the clean fiber ready for use. The new invention is expected to give an additional stimulous to flax culture in Aus- tralia. Lord Rosebery, the premier of Great Britain, maintains two dairy herds on his home farm at Mentmore. One of the herds consists largely of Kerry cows, whose milk is reserved for home consumption. The other herd, of half-breed Shorthorn cows,is kept to supply milk to Lord Rosebery’s depot in London. A constant supply of pure water, from a well 200 feet deep, is kept flowing in the cow sheds, and the milk is despatched in sealed cans to London, where it is' delivered to customers twice a da . Il'luch interest is manifested by English farmers in the beet-root sugar industry. They argue that nearly seventy million dollars are sent out of the country for the purchase of sugar, mostly in France and Germany, while they are raising grain at an absolute loss, and large numbers of lab- orers are out of employment. They think that with proper government encourage- ment they could cultivate enough beets to supply the country with sugar, while diver- sifying their industries and retaining the laborers on the soil. The Indian Planter’s Gazette urges the pushing of Indian teas in America, as a matter of great importance to the tea plau- ters of India. It says: “ As the introduc- tion of Indian tea into the United States on a firm increasing basis should be a co- operative enterprise, the tea gardens of In- dia should tax l-hemsclvse,as we proposed some time back. so much per acre fora guar- antee fund for shipping Indian teas to America, coverin any loss of sale, and pushing it by the st approved methods." Algeriajis sending large quantities of bar ley to France for the pur ass of horse feed’ ing.. In the south of rance it is given whole like oats, but in the middle region it is crushed, while in too nortn of France where farming is more intensive,the barley iscooked It is givenmaiuly to heavy draft horses, being wholly witheld from omnibus andlcarriagehorsea. Itentersllar elyinmt he the commercial feeding stuffs, at on the large larm,s where the former has his own mill and engine, he grinds it himself. and it is also Willing to Compromise. Bright Boyâ€"“The paper says there“: a. dootor in the city who makes long noses shorter, big ears smaller, and I don't know what all." Fatherâ€""Well 2" Bright Boyâ€"“I guess you’d better send me to him to have my 1 shortened. i on can’t aflord to buy me a or bicycle. SWORDSJPEAKS. THE OLD MAN WHO WAS TORTURo ED FOR HIS MONEY TELLS HOW IT WAS DONE. lie has lived Alone for Forty "ears in on om novel. Where He. Kept a large Sum of Honeyâ€"Prominent Citizens Involved. KBMPTVILLE, Sept. 6. â€"John Swords, the missr who was gagged, tortured and rob- bed on the night of Aug. )7, has recovered sufficiently from the ill-treatment he re- ceived to give the details of the outrage. The log structure in which Swords lives is situated in the fifth concession of Oxford Township, about two and a half miles from Kemptville. The nearest residence is about SO rods distant. The house is about 18 by ‘24, and while the outside is bad enough the inside beggars description. WORSE THAN A nocrax. The structure has four windows : three are. darkened with patches of old paper pasted together, while the fourth is partially covered, but a little light is al- lowed to work its way through it, The ceiling is as black as Egypt, though perhaps it was white ones. There is no lathing and plastering, the holes being merely closed with mortar. The floor is covered with dirt of almost every description, and in fact is stamped everywhere. 0n a miserable bed lay the poor old victim, surrounded by , a heap ofdlrty bedding, while the garments worn by himself were scarcely less dirty. Swords, after stating that his age was S2, told this story, to which be made hfiida- vit. His wife died some 40 years ago, and except a short time during which his son remained at home. he has lived alone ever since. On the night of Aug. 17, about ten minutes past 12, he heard a noise at the door, and before he could answer himself four men bounced into the house, and jump» ing on top of him, demanded his int ney. One thrust a gag in his mouth and tied it with ashoe lace, while the others bound his hands and feet with a bell cord taken from a railway train. He denied haying any cash. He worked tliega out of his mouth, and was pummelled and icked for so do ing. BEGGED THEM TO CUT OFF ins BLISTERED FEET. They took matches and burned the old man's feet till the sole of one was a solid. blister, but he kept his nerve and told them to take the axe from under the bed and cut his feet off and be done withit. The robbers finally found an old vest with $150 in it and a purse .with $4.38 in it. They threatened to murder him if he did not give up $50 more so each would have $50. but he denied having any more. He told them, however, to light the lamp, and gave them the key to his trunk, where his post office savings bank book was, which they did,‘ and in this way he declares he got a gplod look at every face and knows them a .. After most brutally beating the old man they bound him securely on the cords of the bed, having removed all the bedding in their search, and throwing the bedding on the cords behind him, left their victim to- die,'which he would have done had not a neighbor, P. Higgins, called in next morning with a letter from the old man’s son. The gag consisted of a piece of cloth about 8x121 folded up, and in addition to this was found a quantity of y arn saturated in black oil, one lot being wrap ed in a copy of The San Jose Mercury, ated J an. 1-1, 1892, and the other in a ltideau Record dated Aug. 2; 1894. _____...._. FACTS IN FEW WORDS. The railroads of the United States have = pageant. debts amounting to $11,000,000,- A New York dog whose eyesight is af- fectied is daily seen wearinga pair of spec- tac es. Some Chinese and many Africans use the car as a pocket to carry coins and other small articles. The tongue recovers from an injury much more quickly sun any other part of the human system: The foot travel across London bridge each year reduces to powder twenty-five cubic yards of granite. The quiet and timid hare, when she cries in fear, can be heard farther off than either- dog or cat. Paper is used in Germany in the manu- facture of pianos, being employed for all of the parts which are usually made of wood. Wine made from potatoes is the discov- ery recently. made by a French chemist. He always removes the eyes from the pota- to before he begins work, as his process is a secret one. The introduction of mahogany into Eng- land and the commerce of the world was caused by the repairing with a lank of that wood of one of Sir Walter alcigh’s vessels in 1595‘. The human system can endure heat of ‘2]2. degrees, the bailing point of water, because the skin is a bad conductor and because the perspiration cools the body. Men have withstood without injury a heat of 300 de- grees for several minutes. A negro had a streak of luck while fiah~ ing in the Flint river, near Albany. His line became tangled in something which proved to be a lady’s gold necklace, which had evidently lain at the bottom of the river for many years. The killing of elephants is going on at such a rate in South Africa that there is fiospect of the animal becoming extinct, e future South African may have, to go to some large civilized city in order to ace the elephant. A policeman in Jersey City.finding a thief was getting away from him, jumped aboard a trolley car, impressing it into the city’s service, gave chase with it, and presently overhauled and captured his map. An ancient boll do out of the ruins of an Indianlchurch at Albuquerque was pro- nounced local experts to contain gold worth 81 .000. After the Denver mint worked on it for fort -eight hours the diso coverers were hand : a neat brass brick yoth 81.9.5. 9‘ , .