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wâ€"_ NOTES AND COMME. ’TS. .â€" We observe that many bicyclers have an anxious or oven disgraceful look while rid- ing. This is unsatisfactory to us. It indicates a lack of freedom, and of self command, and of mastery of the wheel. It bears some resemblance to stage fright, and might be called bike fright. Those afflicted with it ought to shake it 05 at once. Again, we have noticed some men smoking cigars while out riding ; and they may think that this makes them look dandy or free-and-easy. We don’t like the habit.’ It is a bad one. It must beofl'ensive to the eyes of young wheelwomen of good taste. Since cycling has become the rage, we ought to have a code of bicycle manners, in which sound principles shall be laid down, and means for their application shall be provided. Everything ought to be proper- ly regulated in the earlier stages of the bicycling era of the World, so that the right thing may be established for the guidance of ages yet unborn. A convention of polite wheelers of both sexes might be held for the formatiouof the code. While other European powers are occu- pied with affairs in the far East, Italy keeps her attention well find on her African colony of Erythrea. The moment certainly seems propitious for further con- quest there, and Gen. Baratieri, who is at once the Governor of the colony and the commander of all the Italian forces in East Africa, has notified the Government at Rome that new hostilities are inevitable. The successes of this officer nearly a year ago, when be defeated the Mahdists on the Atbara, and gave to Italy secure possession of the important point of Kassala, were followed early this year by a victory over the Abyssinians, under Rae Mangascia, on the Belesa Mangascia is the chief of Tigre, the northernmost province of Abyssinia, and he had been named by King John, it is said, as his successor. However, Mone- lek, the chief of Shoa, the southernmost province, proclaimed himself King, and was supported by Italy, giving her in return large territorial possessions; and, under the treaties of May 2 and Sept. 29, 1889, a virtual protectorate over all Abyssinia, as Menelek'sonly representativein hisrelations with foxeign lands. This arrangement was repudiated by Mangascia and his leading General, Ras Alula, so far as they and the province of Tigre were concerned, but they Were defeated by the combined forceso ltaly and Menelek, and comparative quiet followed until the events of the last and the present year. Such news as we get from Abyssinia comes through Italian channels, and it represents the movements of Gen. Barati- eri as having been forced by hostile demonstrations of Mahdists on the one hand and malcontent Abyssinians on the other. War has become necessary, it is said, in order to furnish safety to the people who have accepted Italy’s protec- tion. Of course, a policy of further annexation would need no further excuse, although, this, in turn, may be kept in check by the question of cost and the condition of Italy’s funds. But the fight’ ing is largely done by native contingen is and we should judge that there were not more than about 2,000 Italian troops in Abyssinia, some of these, also, being in garrison at Massowah and elsewhere. Even now what Gen. Baratieri is reported as asking for his new operations, is rifles with which to arm more native allies. The results of the past twelve month are seen in the extension of actual military occupation by ltaly,westward to the region around Kassala, and southward to the region around Adua,this last being effected in March or April. So far as the former is concerned, it may well command general sympathy, as King Humbert’s declaration nuen. Baratieri that "the capture of Kassala is a triumph of civilization,” was not overstrained. A check to the slave- dealing Arabs may Well he called such a triumph. The case is not precisely the same w.th the advance into Tigre, but Italy seems to be regarded by the other .cuulries of Europe as free to pursue her can policy within the lines of her protect- orate, so that further conquests withi those limits will hardly excite a protest in any quarter. ills Going Occupation. A szrcug, healthy man like you ought not to Le out of work. I'm wiilin’ to work, ma’am, but I can't got nothin' to do at my trade. Raw ma- terials all gone. What's your trade? Blacksmith. Surely. there's plenty of iron. Yes'm. but I’m a horscshoer. ain't no horses. There Love in the Dark. I love to drink in from your eyes He said, the limpid light, Then if the gas were low, she said, It would be out of sight. Perfectly Safe. Calier â€"Your coat-of-arms is very pretty; working will, in but couldn’t any one else use it? Hottestâ€"No. indeed. ' gRACIICAL FARMING. \~‘-m~\\ “\s flow to Remodels. Barn. additioqof a quarter of a pound of linseed meal satirrday night, so that the Sunday rest will give opportunity for a through Cleaning. ‘ , , Data are much the best for working . ‘ ‘ . - . The" 15 Home COMNVGHY concernmg.horses, and if ground Without corn they the comparative value of a bank or base. ment barn, and one built on level ground. Having used both I candidly believe that farmers who contemplate building THE OLD BARN. THE REMODELED ONE. 3. new or remodeling an old barn will not be sorry if they choose one with a base- It is economical, warm, and if well will be most comfortable for the fodder directly ment. ventilated stock. Do not give from the floor above, but have spaciou alleys, wide enough to hold feed for one or two days. Have boxes in the basement for grain, also a couple of good eats for catching rats and mice. The dimensions of a barn are not essen. tial in a plan. Build according to your Divide the stall room so it will Allow five feet needs. give you the best service. in single stalls for horses, and three feet for cattle. The illustrations show my original barn, and also the remodeled and enlarged structure. «ms or has I a... wu- lll LON S‘Mab nilmiuiili ..__...___. GROUND PLAN OF THE REMODELED BARN. _ FIG 3. the rectangle, then boarded, batened and prepared the other side as shown in the plan. It is very satisfactory now, and I have no doubt that many barns in the central west can be greatly improved at comparatively small expense. Fig 1 is the old barn, Fig 2 is the same after it had been placed upon the stone wall and remodeled,Fig 3 is the ground plan showing the arrangement of the stalls. For tying cattle, I find a chain most satisfactory. In my stalls I place a 2x4 inch scantling, with rounded edges to permit the free working up and down of the chain. One end of this scantlingis fastened to the top of the partition and the other to top of manger in a slanting manner. The chain placed about this scantling and the neck of the animal,allows plenty of room while eating and lying down, but keeps the animals in place. My cow stalls have a 6-inch drop, the length of stall varying to correspond to the length of the cattle. They are double, with a partition in the manger, so that each animal has his own food. This is an im- portant point where animals of different ages are stabled together. In all well regulated stables,a good box stall,accessible from both cow and horse barn is desirable. This feature will be found in the accom' panying plan. Rations for Work Horses. It is undoubtedly true that a great majority of farm horses loose much of their effectiveness as workers from lack of proper feeding. It is too much the habit They sell what will sell most readily, re- serving for their team hay and often a straw ration, supplemented with a‘ very little grain. To get along with as light a feeding of grain as possible is very poor economy. Help is dear, and the farmer who has hired a good man at high wagea cannot afford to have his effectiveness diminished. Even when hay is plentiful it should never be fed in large quantities to horses at work. It is too bulky in proportion to its nutrlmeut, and the effect of overloading the stomach is to greatly diminish the efi'eotiveuess of what nutrition the ration contains. There must be enough bulk to make the grain mea| porous, so that the gastric juices of the stomach can act on the ration. Any more bulk than this for a working horse is injurious. When street cars were run by horses it was the aim of the company to get as much work as possible out of them. Large horses weigh- ing 1,200 pounds or more were preferred. The ration of such horses was sixteen pounds of corn and oats ground and mixed with sixteen pounds of finely-cut hay. This was given at three feeds, morning, noon and night, but divided so as to give the largest feed at night after the day's work was done. On this ration nearly all street car horses would gain. But for the fact that the horses' feet would be battered by hard pavements, horses so fed could be , kept at street car work until they grew too old for further service. Most farmers feed much more heavily than this, but it is usually with nearly double the amount of hay and very little grain. Livery men want to feed their horses so as to make faster time than the street cars. Their ration has a.,greater proportion of concentrated food, and it. may be extended with bright chopped straw or wheat bran. This last makes an excellent divisor of meal, and it has greater nutritive . value than hay. Fine wheat middlingsl are also excellent for working horses, but the middlings must be mixed with . considerable amount of cut hay or straw to prevent it from massing in the stomach and causing colic. Over feeding while most horses, cansej l diarrhoea. and this rspully decreases We paid the as. strength. On the contrary,wii’n anonriehmg rig-nu ten dollars extra to have it copy. bl“ 739-” “m” “no” “‘8 hm" Wlll :rgti's i. somewhat main, and will i-tquire mg I raised the old barn on an 8-foot stone wall on three sides of of farmers to sell themselves short of grain, lib? reclpientfi fresh from the mint. Each 0,. m use it, mainly for fattening stuck, on one side the effigy of the Queen will require a very small amount of cut feed to give them the proper bulk. But as a feed they are much more expensive than is the mixture of corn and oat meal, which is almost universally used for feeding work- ing farm horses. A team of horses thus fed will stand their work and be better fitted ior a day's work after four or five weeks’ steady plowing or cultivating than they were at the beginning. Some farmers of our acquaintance use bran for a part of the divisor. It is a stronger feed than the same weight of hay, and with the bran the hay part of the ration may be reduced to six or eight pounds per day. For feeding in bulk clover hay is object- ed to by many farmers because it is liable to be dusty. It is so rich in nitrogen that it heats very easily if bad weather occurs while the clover is curing. and in the barn there is apt to be some heating of clover hay in the mow. Horses are very fond of clover and will gorge them- selves on it so as to be unfit to do hard work. But for out feed to be used with moistened corn and oatmeal and bran, the clover hay is very much better than is timothy, and a less number of pounds will be needed to keep the horses in good conâ€" dition for working. Cut corn stalks are not good to mix with, corn and oatmeal and lzran as cut feed.( Nor should they be fed at any time unless incistened with water. The stalks are very laxative, and if fed to working horses will diminish their effectiveness. It is, how- ever, a good thing to feed idle horses in "the winter with a part ration of cornstalks eachday, changing this when the horses are set to viork to a ration of cut hay and grain meal. ' It is very important that the working teams shall be ready to do their best six days in the Week. In this way only can the work be pushed so as to make it cost as little as possible for the results attained. â€"â€"9â€"â€"â€"I MAUNDY PENNIES. The Ceremony of Distrlliiirlng the Queen's Dole in “'eslnilnster Abbey. The ceremony of distributing the Queen’s dole on Maundy Thursday is the English equivalent of the Catholic ceremony of washing the feet of the poor. This cere many is performed at Home by the Pope and by several prelates, at Florence with great ceremony by a Cardinal, at Vienna by the Emperor, and at St. Petersburg by the Czar, as the head of the Greek Church. It used to he performed by the King of Bavaria and by the English sovereigns. James II was the last English sovereign to wash the feet of the poor on Maundy Thursday. Since that time the ceremony has been confined to the distribution of the Queen’s dole. This dole is put in red and white purses and distributed in Westmin~ ster Abbey amid the peeling of the organ, and in the presence of prelates and noble- men. Part of the dole is made up of the Maundy pennies, especially coined for the -, purpose. They are in silver, and of the denomination of 1 penny, 2, 3 and 4 pence. The face. value of the set is thus 10 pence, but they are. at once in demand as curios at about 16 times their face value, and are promptly sold by the poor recipi- ents to banks and to individuals. Each poor man or woman receives a penny for every year of the Queen’s age, and a new recipient is added each year. The distri- bution this year was 76 pence to each person. fraction, so that the real value of the dole of Maundy pennies is more than £5. The Maundy pennies were first coined in the reign of Charles 11. They came to with her name and titles, and on the other the denomination of the coin, the crown, and the date increased in a wreath. The penny, is much smaller than our owu gold dollar of earlier days. The edges of the coin are not milled, as it is not expect- ed that they will circulate, and the pre- caution of milling against the coin clippers is unnecessary. A full set of Maundy pennies for the reign of Victoria is worth a very handsome sum. The word Maundy me'ans command, used adjectivoly, and refers to the command in the thirteenth chapter of St. John to the disciples to wash one another’s fer _â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- AN ELASTIC NUI‘ Which been“ To Take the Place or the Bo~(‘nlled Lock-Sui. This ingenious device is designed to do away with the necessity of putting two nuts on a bolt that is to be kept tightly in place. The old plan was to put on one / nut, and then another to keep the first one ‘ from unscrewing, the second not being called the jam-nut or lcckonut. The elastic nut, however. locks itself. It is made from spring steel, being cut from a bar and then lent into a ring, the ends joining in a dovetail Ipllf. The ring is then pressed into hexagon shape and tappeda trifle smaller than its bolt, so that, when it is wrenchcd on the split opens slightly, makings. firm and constant hold on the boll. _. A Damaged Article. Mayâ€"Why did Pamela lizeak off her engagement With the duke? EVH.-â€"sh0 learned that his character jac'ril than? was ab‘ove reproach. This is seven full sets and a - Canteen Canticles. In! BECKER. Sez' Corporal Madden to, Brit-ate lio- ‘ 'Fadden": if 9 U i‘ * “ Be gob, ye’re a bad on! Now turn out ye’re toes l Yr're belt is unhookit, Ye're cap is on crookit, Ye may not be dhrunk, But, be jabers. ye look it . Wanâ€"tva ! Wanâ€"two ! l Ye monkey-faced ape, I'll jolly ye ‘ through E Wanâ€"two ‘â€" Time! Mark! I Ye march like the aigle up in the . Parrk l” Sez Corporal Madden to Private Mc- Fadden : “ A saint it lid sadden To dhrill such a mug 1 Eyes front Eâ€"ye babboon, yelâ€" Chin up ! ye gossoon. ye ! Ye’ve jaws like a goatâ€" Halt lâ€"ye leather-lipped loon, ye ! Wan -:wo I v Wanâ€"two ! l e whiskered orangâ€"ou-tang, I’ll fix you 1 Wanâ€"two ! Time l Mark ! Ye’ve eyes like a bat ;â€"can ye see in the dark 2” Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadd- en : “Ye’re figger wants padd’nâ€" Sure, man, ye’ve no shape! Behind ye ye’re shoulders Stick out like two bowlders ; Ye’re shins is as thin As a pair of pen holders f Wanâ€"two l Wanâ€"two ! Ye’re chist belongs on ye’re back, ye Jew ! \Vanâ€"two i Time ! Mark i I’m dbry as a dogâ€"I can’t shpake but I bark 2" Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadd- en : “Me heart it ud gladden To blacken ye’re eye. Ye’re gettin’ too bold, ya Compel ire to scold ye,â€" ’Tis halt! that Isay,â€"â€" Will ye heed what I told ye i Wanâ€"two l Wanâ€"tn o ! Be jabers, I’m dhrver than Brian Born ! Wanâ€"two ! Time 1 Mark 1 What’s wur-ruk for chickens is sport for the lurk !" Sez Corporal Madden to Private McFadd- en : “I’ll not stay a gadd'n’ Wid dagoes like you i I‘ll travel no farther, I’m dyin’ forâ€"wather ;- Come on, if ye like,â€" Can ye loan me a quarther! Ya-as. you, What,â€"â€"two ? And ye’ll pay the potheeni Ye’re a daisy l Whurroo ! You'll do i Whistâ€"Mark, The Rigiment’s flathered to own yo, me spark l" _â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"m GRAINS OF GOLD. ‘ A true repentance shows the evil itself, more than than the external suffering or the shameâ€"Shakespeare. The true epic of our times is not arms and the man, but tools and the manâ€"an infinitely wider kind of epic.â€"Carlyle. As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.â€"Pliuy. War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.â€"Colton. The wisest woman you talk with is ig- norant of something that you know, but an elegant women never forgets her ele- gance. -â€"Holmes. A slight answer to an intricate and use- less question is a fit cover to such ,a dish... a cabbage leaf is good enough to cover a dish of mushrooms.â€"Jeremy Taylor. Nature appears to me to have ordained this station here for us as a place of so- journment, a transitory abode only, and not as a fixed settement or permanent habitationâ€"Cicero. Pursue no to victory too far. He had conquered well that hath made his enemy fly ; thou mayest beat him to a desperate resistance, which may iuin thee.-â€"George Herbert. ' Virtue is more to man than e;thcr Water or fire. I have seen lllcll die from tread rig on water and fire, but 1 have never sun a man die from treading the course of virtue. â€"Coniucius. YOUNG For-:15. - ,(Raggles. Raggles was only a scrubby little Indian pony. His owuur had evidently considered him of no use, and he cruelly turned him loose on the bare prairie to shift for himself. He was a sorry looking little follow, as he stood one morning at the gate of Mr. Hud- son's large cattle ranch, shivering in the wind and looking with a wistful gaze at the sleek, fat ponies inside. Mr. Hudson noticed him, and started to drive him away. But his little daughter, Lillian said: "Let him in, papa; he looks s hungry.” Mr. Hudson opened the gat. and the pony walked in, just as if it were his home. Mr. Hudson made inquiries. but no one knew anything about him ; and as no owner ever came to claim him,Lillian claimed him as her special property, and named him Raggles, on account of his long» tangled mane and tail. He was a docile little creature,unlike the rest of the ponies 0n the farm. He soon come to regard Lillian as his mistress. She learned to ride him, and could often be seen cant-ering over the prairies with her father. But Raggles seemed to consider she was not I much of a rider, for he would carefully avoid all dangerous-looking places and holes in the ground. \Vhen the next spring came Raggles did not look like the same little scrub. His rusty brown coat had all come ad and a new black one had taken its place. By the next fall the neighborhood could boast of apublic school, and when Lillian began to go Ruggles found he had regular duty every day. Lillian would saddle him and ride to the school house, which was two miles away, then tie up his bridle and send him home. At about half-past three Mr. Hudson would -saddle him again and send him for Lillian. He always arrived on time, and if he was a little early door until school closed. Some of our readers will remember the blizzard that struck the western States in 1885, when so many people lost their lives and thousands of cattle were frozen to death. The storm commenced about noon, and the weather grew steadily colder. The snow blew so thick and fast that Mrs. Hud- son was afraid to trust Raggles to o for Lillian, but Mr. Hudson was sick an there was no one else. She wciit to the barn,put the saddle on him,aud tied plenty of warm wraps on. Then she threw her arms around his shaggy neck and told him to be sure to bring Lillian home He seemed to under- stand, and started out with his shambliug trot in the direction of the school house. One hour passed slowly to the anxious parents. \Vneii two had passed, their anx- iety was terrible,as they strained their eyes» to see through the blinding snow his shaggy form bringing their darling safely home. At last he came with Lillian on his back, bundled up from head to foot. ' The teacher had fastened her on the pony and given him the rein ; and so he had brought her safely home, none the worse for her ride, except being thoroughly chilled. The Girl Away From Home. Unioubtedly many of our girls have been invited to spend a short time. with some friend this summer. Perhaps some one is going away from home for the first- time, is looking forward expectantly to a. pleasint visit, and many little preparations are being made. for her. It is possible that where she is going no servant is kept, the work being done by the several members of the family. This being the case, she should make as little extra trouble as possible. She may, per- haps share her friend’s room. Let her be particular to take care of her dresses and little belongings, not leaving them around in the way. Then it would be best for her to take care of her own room. While every one is busy, and it is not easy for some one to be with her, let her rely upon her own resources, and amuse herself whenever occasion demands. She can read, or spend her time with music, if musically inclined. It is a point of courtesy to always be or time. Never, unless unavoidable, let the family be kept waiting a moment at meal- time, or when going out. The guestshoulf conform to the customs of the house. If there be anything she can do to ace commodate any one, let her not hesitate to do it. if her friend is doing anything with which she can help, she should do so. and lims enable her enieriainer to be free from her duties that much longer. By showing consideration for others, when her \':s-tcomcs to an end her frioiuir Wlll say good-bye with genuine retnrl. and True worth is as inevitably dzacmerui by extend a cordial and sincere invnaziou lo the facial cxpiresrion as its opposite is sure ' to 9 clearly represented there. The human face is i attire‘s tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.â€"â€"Lavnter. All travel has its aqunmgcs. If the piseengcr visits better countries he may learn to improve his own ; and if fortune car::cs h.m to worse, he may learn to enjoy his own.â€"J ohiison. ____...___.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Headaches. Why is a dog bii'ng his own (all like a good financier? Because he makes both ends meet. \‘i'iiich travels siower, Cold, for you can catch it. Who was Jonah’s tutor? that brought him up. What gives a cold, cures a cold and pays the doctor's bill? A draft (draught). What relation is a doormat to a doorstep? A szepfather. What grows bigger the more you con- tract ii ? Debt. When is coffee like the soil? is ground. What is the most dangerous time of the year to visit the country? When the bull- rusht-s out, and the cow-slips about, and ii.e ‘ittlc sprigs are shooting all about. Why is the root of a tongue like ade- Becauee it is down' in the heat or cold? The whale When it mouth. “come again," and she Will feel that it has been a Very pleasant vacation. Roundabout Messages. A special Correspondent found himsei shut out of a London newspaper office in Fleet Street, and unable to make himself heard by anyone within. HI. crrau i v. o-i'd not wait till mirning. What should he do? He went to the Central Telegraph Station and telegraphed to a newspaper office in lrelaiid asking the clerk than to telegraph lo the clerk in Fleet Street to come down-stairs and let himâ€"the corresâ€" pendentâ€"in. Mr. Baincs. in his “Forty Years at the l’osi-(iflice," tells a similar story. He was alone in a branch telegraph office in Seymour Square, London, one evening, who the gas went out, and left aim in ion? darkness. He fumbled about foramatcn. There was not one in the office. Probably there were some in the telegraph oflico in Euston Square. But how should he get tlzem? He had no tele raphic communication with that office. a telegraphed to Birmingham: “Please wire Euston Square to send me some matches." In a few minutes a boy came in wi b a box. -â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"-'.â€"-â€"_' There are 1,600 men work‘og on the- Parry Sound railway. Would wait patiently by the v l i I i I l . u‘eflm w“ m 0....__.. M Wm-v~q .