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i L 1mg ll 8H . THE VERY LATEST FROM ALL THEWORLD OVER. pun-â€" lnututlng Items About Our Own Country. Great Britain. the United States. and All Parts of the Globe. Condensed and Assorted for Easy Rendlnx- ; ' CANADA. . ' Capt. Hudgins of Deseronto dropped dead on Friday, while working at his yacht. Quebec is crowded with tourists, the season being the most successful for several years past. Driver Sweet, of “A” Battery, Kingâ€" ston. has been sentenced to 45 days’ imprisonment for desertion. The Manitoba wheat crop is estimat- ed at 35,000,000 bushels, and that of the Territories at 7,000,000 bushels. Mrs. Amy Blizzard, of McDonald’s Point, Queen’s County, N.B., celebrat- ed. her 106th birthday on Tuesday. The 5th Royal Scots, of Montreal, are applying to the Militia Department for power toadd two companies to the regiment. The Dominion Trades Congress meet- ing. to be held at Winnipeg next month ‘ will assemble on the 16th inst., instead of the 18th. . A petition is in circulation in “foodâ€" stock praying the Government to in- stitute an audit and inspection of the town books. Director Saunders of experimental farms, reports from Agassiz, B. C.. that crops throughout British Colum~ bia are good. lt' is rumuured that the R. 8:. O. N. Company will build a large hotel at Kingston, to cost in the neighbour- hood of 850,000. The estimated yield of fall wheat for the Province of Ontario for 1808 is 25,305,890 bushels, as against 23,988,051 bushels last year. i. Capt. Leslie, of "A" battery, will be temporary A. l). C. to Majorâ€"General Hutton, until the permanent officer arrives from Scotland. The revenue of the Interior Depart- ment from the Yukon during the fiscal year just closed amounts altogether to $442,200, exclusive of the royalties. ‘A company to be called the Cana- dian Meat Company is being formed by Toronto and Chicago capitalists, to operate a meat packing industry near {.l‘oronto. , Returns compiled by er. George Johnson show that there are in Can-3 adn 559 creameries, 2,556 cheese fac- tories and 203 factories producing both butter and cheese. 1 Mr. James Hutcheson. City Engineer of Guelph. fell a distance of 50 feet in the old rolling mills on Friday. He struck on his back, and. it is hoped his injuries are not serious. George and Alfred Nicholson have been committed for trial on the charge of setting fire to Bickle dc Healey's brewery on the night of August 7tHat Oobourg. ' Arrangements have been completed for the visit to Quebeq on October 3, 4 and 5, of the Ancient and Honor- able Artillery Company of Boston, 300 strong, with band and arms. The aldermen of Winnipeg have de- cided to take a trip to .the coast in a body, in company with their wivw. They will leave on September 1, going over the Canadian Pacific. The Foreign Missions Committee of the Presbyterian Church in Canada. is to consider the position of their mis- sionaries in China. in the ,event of war between Russia and Guest Britain. Mr. D.M. Rennie. Canadian commer- cial agent in the Argentine Republic, reports that during the months of June and July 48 cargoes of lumber arrived there from Canada, of which 11 were white pine. A communication has been received from the British Government asking if the Canadian Government are (preâ€" pared to carry out the arrangement made some time ago for an exchange of military units. , Canadian fire waste to the end of July this year was $3,517,020, with an insurance loss of 82,250,000, against $4,267,520 fire waste and $2,917,960 in- surunce loss during the same period last year. The Yukon will have no say in the approaching plebiscite. There is no recognized municipal organization any- where ir. that country, and no voters' lists, and the population of aliens is ovorv helming. The: Attorney-General of Quebec has dcmded that as a surveyor is {not paid has salary at so much per day, but: so mm!) for the work he performs, his sal- ary cannot be seized. The only salar- ies which are liable to seizure, ac- cording to the Attorney-General, are the salaries of permanent and. super- numary employes. 'ln-i British flagship Renown, with Admiral Sir John Fisher on board, Will sail from Halifax on September 6 1'0" Quebec. During the visit of the biz battleship to that city a number of her officers and crew will give sev- eral public performances of a nautical opera entitled “H.M.S. Olbacore,“ which Y was. given a successful production in Halifax last week. - GREAT BRITAIN. unit has been arranged thaltl. the new perm penny postage aha a l to mail' via New York. pp y The Registrar-General's return at Lomlon. Eng. shows that the popula- tion of the United Kingdom. is 40,- 188.927. According to a. report from Glas- gow. the pdst half-year has been the most prosperous in the history of Scotch railways. The Lord his or of London. the Hon. Horatio Dmid vies has postponed his projooted American tour indefinitely on account of his wife's illness. Severe storms‘ are reported in Engâ€" land. the lowâ€"lying districts are flood- ed and crops are extensively damaged. The Carmarthenshire district of “false was swept by a tornado. The Kynoch Company, of Birmingham. Bag. is reported to have received an order for ten million military cart- ridges, to be promptly delivered to the United States Government. . M. de Staal, the Russian Ambassa- dor to Great Britain. according to a special despatch from St. Petersburg. will soon retire from London, and he succeeded by the Count Cashini. Rus- sian Ambassador to the‘United States. Rosenthal. the pianist, has been com- manded by the Queen to play at a state concert at Buckingham Palace early in October. He will appear in the Crystal Palace opening concert, and immediately after will leave for the United States to resume his tour, which was interrupted two years ago by sudden illness. High officials at the British Foreign Office declare that the story based upon a daspatch from Aden, Arabia, to the St. Petersburg Viedomost to the effect that Great Britain has recently assumed a protectorate over the whole of South Arabia, is nonsensical, as Great Britain has for many years ex- ercised a protectorate over the tribes around Aden. and there has been no change in the situation for the last two decades. UNITED STATES. Mrs. Mary Conrad. an aged lady, residing at Reading, Pa., died from the bite of a. musquito. : g ( United States Ambassador Hay has accepted the office of Secretary of State in MI. McKinley's Cabinet. The father of James Corbett. the pugilist. shot and killed his wife at San Francisco on Monday, and then took his own life with the same “'63;- pOll. ; . . Rev. Samuel Breakwell, a. leader in business and religious circles in (High- wood, near Chicago, was stabbed to death by Carl Pethke, atailor, on Mon- day. ', 1‘ Additional details relative to the terrible cloudburst in Hawkins County, Tennessee, last Friday, are that thirtyâ€"two persons became vic- tims of this downpour from the skies. Onawager, Miles McDonall, a teamâ€" ster of St. Louis. Mo., dived from the top rail of Fads bridge into the! Missis- sippi River, and came out uninjured. The distance from the rail to the water is 115 feet and the water is about 25 feet deep. _ Five negroes were killed by ashor- iff's posse, who raided a gambling den at Bay Bore Ga.. on Saturday night. There were one hundred negroes in the place, and when the sheriff entered the firing commenced. The sheriff was badly wounded. A disastrous fire occurred at Fresno, 09.1., on Saturday night. It swept the Southern Pacific reservation from Mnriposa street to Mono street, a distance of three blocks, and in a litâ€" tle more than an hour $500,000 worth ocf property went up in smoke. A tornado struck twelve miles north-west of Canby, Minn, Monday night, and killed seven people, destroy- ed many buildings and did great damage to the crops. The entire family of Joseph Hutchinson, including his wife and four children, were killed, also Peter Juglin. The storm also swept through North Dakota, and at Mortz Siding eight people were killed. The west-bound train on the Santa- Fe Pacific was held up by fourtmasked robbers at Grants, fifty miles west of Albuquerque, N.M., on Monday morn~ ing. The express car was out off and run about two miles down the road, but an armed guard in the car pre- vented the robbers from entering. and after holding the train for two hours they took to the woods without having secured any booty. GENERAL. 1,800 persons were rendered home- less by great fires in Galitia, Austria. The gold yield of New South \Vales during the past seven months amount- ed lo 181,821 ounces. Estiml's great manufactory of mili- tary equipments at Lyons, France. has been destroyed by fire. The bubonic plague is again in evi- dence in Bombay. There were 103 deaths officially reported last week. Two hundred clergyman will accom- pany Emperor William on his trip to Jerusalem. ' It is reported at Atbara that the advance of the Anglo-Egyptian expeâ€" dition against Khartoum has practi- cally begun. Persistent rumours are current that a meeting will take place between Em- peror \Villiam and the Czar in the first week in September. Emperor William desiring to remove suspicion with which his eastern tour is regarded in Russia and France. SPOILIN G A HORSE. Buyerâ€"Lookers here, youl You said this horse was sound and kind and free from tricks. The first day Idrove him he balked-a dozen times, and he's as bad to-day. Dealerâ€"Umâ€"-you’ve been ing if I cheated you, may be? Yes, I have. And the first time you druv the boss on sort 0’ wondered if he hadn’t some tricks, didn't you! Of course. And you kept saying to yourself, I wonder if that there horse will balk, may be? Probably. And you had your mind on it agood deal. most like! That's true. That's wot's the matter, hypnotized him. Seal W STRATEGY. The Nurseâ€"She says she doesn't want any broth and won‘t eat it. The Doctorâ€"Take it back and tell her that it isn't good for her. end.- she mustn't eat it. wonder- You’ve WW M‘W‘bg ' i 1: Agriculture EARLYT’LOlVING FOR WHEAT. Early plowing for any crop has many advantages, but for wheat it is special- ly desirable. The old theory that wheat sown broadcast or drilled on rough ground froze out less than that on a fine seed bed has long been abandoned by close observers. The gradual melt- ing down of the clods about the young wheat plants was apretty theory to the sloven. It told of Nature’s readi- ness to do his work for him. He lost sight of the fact that fewer grains germinated and many of that number perished or were enfeebled . for the want of moisture and ready plant food. \Vhere one has a rotation of wheat after oats, barley or clover, says a writer. he cannot plow too early after harvest. The grain should be removâ€" ed to the stack or mow as soon' as dry enough and the plow started. Many thlnk they make great gain by leaving the stubble for pasture until Septem- ber and then plow just in time toflgiet in the wheat when the moon is right. Pasturing hogs in stubble is a decep- tion and a snare. An old buyer of stock hogs of my acquaintance bought shoats and shippers during harvest, to be delivened after they had gleaned the stubble field. He kindly told the far- mer he knew that he, the farmer, want- ed to save the shattered grain and get all the growth possible in his shoats. This shrewd buyer told me he was al- ways ready to obl'me the seller that way, for shouts would shrink on the best stubble fields. He was careful not to allow them to stay too long or they would get into such condition that they would not thrive on the slope and new corn for a while. If the neader is delaying to give the pigs 8. chance to glean the stubble field he will do well to take a hint from this old buy- er th‘at had used the scales to test his practice. Usually ground will plow better the first half of July than lat- for. If the barrow and roller follow quickly to crush‘ clods and pack the furrows the labor of making a fine, compact seed bed is lessened and the soil put in condition not only to pre- venti the enormous loss of morsture that occurs from the newly-turned furrows but also to save that which may come in the rainfalls of the com- ing month or more. Early plowmg gives a chance to clean the ground while preparing the seed bed that can- not possibly be done by late plowing. Where the land is harrowxed and rolled or planked after the plow, weeds and volunteer grain start promptly after a rain, and by starting the barrow over again as soon as dry enough every weed is killed. If this is repeated two or three times as the weather favors one has secured an ideal seed bed for wheat and grass. The weed seeds have been destroyed that were near enough the surface to ever appear before the ground is plowed again and the sorl is so fine and firm that it carries an abundance of moisture, so that the largest possible per cent of seed ger- minates and makes a prompt, vigorous growth. By the time the ground freezes it is so thickly covered With the wheat that the injury from freez- ing and thawmg is lessened. It is rape that where we get a short, feeble growth of wheat in the fall, the plants are not more feeble or dead by the first of May. They have lacked the vigor and root to stand the trying weaâ€" ther of winter and spring. Look at the subject a: we may, the practice of earâ€" ly plowing for wheat has so much in its favor that no wheatâ€"grower can afford to ignore its advantages. For- tunately a kind "Providence tem- pers the wind to the sham lamb" and even gives the careless farmer enough success to keep him from despair. It is no sufficient argument against early and thorough preparation for wheat that some large crops have been made by late plowing and rough late seed- ing. A favorable season saved such a man from his folly. The season after all is the great controlling factor in crop making and the best farnpng is suiting our labor to the soils and craps so as to secure the highest and surest yield year by year. â€"â€"â€"â€" CO‘VS AND HORSES IN FLY TINEE. If the domestic animals upon the farm are able to anticipate what the seasons ahead are to bring them they must dread the tortures of “fly time" more than the extremest rigors of win- ter. Their tormentors assail them at every point. “With all their size and strength they are overmatched in the contest with their agile and pitiless tormentora, minute but numberless. Cattle and horses roaming at will in pastures may relieve themselves in a measure of flies by running, pawing the ear, and: costing it over their bed-- ies, standing in water, crowding through codex-brush, and seeking situa- tions where the wind blows freely. But horses haltered in their stalls, and cows fastened between unyielding stlnohions are almost utterly helpless. The cow shows the extent .of her annoyance by a shrinkage of milk; the horse grows poor and stamps the shoes off his feet in constant and frantic effort to disâ€" lodge the biting, cruel flies that will not let him alone. In it quite humane to confine them in this manner, as if they had done something to deserve a punishment such as human beings would shrink from with horror? A box is far better than a narrow stall. and a horse that is ever hallered is adifâ€" ferent animal from one always lied down to his manger. Cows in hot wea- ther and fly time should at least have the liberty of a yard; apasture dur- ing the night is better. If stabling cannot be avoided, screen cloth or wire netting over all the open doors and windows of a barn will exclude most of the flies. The cleaner the stables and everything about them are kept. the less attractive .will the premises be to flies. There are a number of fly- repellents in the market for direct ap- plication lo the animals. Crude petro- leum or cotton-seed oil. and pine tar with a little carbolic acid, will be cheap, efficient, and easily prepared and applied. Common axle grease. thinned with kerosene, and a small quantity of carbolic acid added will make flies keep their distance for sevâ€" eral days. If such simple measures will do muchl to insure the comfort of farm animals in fly time, they are surely worth trying. , ' '1 â€"....â€"a V THE FRUIT GARDEN. ' . The fruit garden and orchard should be carefully and regularly cultivated to kill weeds and consume moisture. The raspberry canes should be headed back from time to time or as fast as they grow to aheight of two feet. This will cause lateral shoots to be formed, which will make a larger, stronger and more prolific plant. All suckers and sprouts upon all orchard trees are to be promptly removed and the new canes of blackberries need to be thin- ned, if they come up too quickly, which they are almost sure to do. The great trouble with these fruits is just this factor, they tend to run together in- to a dense mass of vegetation, and their fruitfulness is largely ruined. Watch the young, newly set plum peach, apple and pear trees to see that they are growing regularly and sym- metrically. All surplus shoots are to be removed at once with thumb and forefinger. This is an ideal way of pruning, for why allow any tree to make useless growth which must be cut away sooner or later. Fruit trees are ornamental as well as useful and profitable, and we can rest assured that the value of the land upon which they are set is steadily growing. ’ l _â€".â€"_ SHADE FOR POULTR‘? During summer the fowls, both young and old, must be provided with plenty of shade. If confined in yards where there are no trees, or large weeds, shelter of some kind must be arranged. An old piece of muslin spread over posts will serve the purpose, but does not in any way compare with the com- fort afforded by nice branching trees. Almost any kind of fruit trees, such as'apple, cherry, or plum, will give suf- ficient shade after two 'or three years. Still. no matter how provided, fowls must have shade in summer just as they must have shelter in winter, and unless they get it, disease in some form will almost certainly visit the flock. Do not, though, carry the idea to ex- tremes, and keep the fowls where no ray of sun can reach them. They need some sun; in fact it is only during the midday that fowls suffer from the heat. It is then they will hunt the shady nooks, and there remain until evening. when they will again come out in search of food. W A POSSIBLE TRAGEDY. ‘ 'An English magazine. the Woman at Home, told recently an incident in the life of the Princess of Wales. which shows how accuracy and thoroughness were the means of avoiding a possible catastrophe. The princess is, it ap- pears. an enthusiastic amateur photo- grapher. and with her daughter, the Princess Victoria, is in the habit of taking pictures of the scenery, people and animals in and about Sandringham. herself developing and mounting them afterward. Several months ago while out in the park. she took a. snap-shot of the rail- road bridge at Wolferton while a freightâ€"train was crossing it. When the picture was printed, the princess obâ€" served a slight curve in the bridge. She went to the place from which she had taken it. and carefully inspected the structure. There was no such curve in it perceptible. "I held the camera at a wrong angle. no doubt," she said, and waiting un- til another train crossed. took another picture, developed and printed it. Again the depression appeared at the same point in the bridge. She carried the picture anxiously to the Prince of Wales. who sent for the Bug» erintendent of the railroad. On in< quiry it was found that the engineers of the trains hail perceived a Vibrat- ing motion when crossing the bridge. It was examined. found unsafe and con- demand. The persistence of the princess in seeking to make perfect her little pic- ture, and the intelligence that noted the slight deflection and saw in it a possible danger. in all probability preâ€" vented s. catastrophe, cad. possibly a frightful loss of human ' . ONLY ONE OBJEO'I'ION. The two girls were looking over the wares in the book tore. "Do you admin lckens i" asked one of th‘em. . . Yen, replied the other. ponderingly but [think he would be handsomer if he didn‘t wear whiskers. setting up of that which. according to the legend. (.‘ngâ€" ltostro showed in a to the terrified Marie Anloillvlfu. in the yellow and spectral light of the Jet thabflickerod in the wind flu-so preparations were hideous to witness. Almost on a stands the Scaffold with its two arms glut-1:8 air brandishing the sparkling of these thinking of the f-unil' ' " ' . 3 ol the \\li‘l('ll whose head was soon 1. fle ' " - b‘msket- o l Illl.(l 1.”. dren who were at that moment sloopâ€" tng soundly wife. equally guilty with him. and who, as it thearms of the 0:;80â€"[1Cl0ll8l'ltsll lust roâ€" so_rt to save herself. Will be hers when they tell her abruptâ€" ! ' I ' l}. 'C‘axrara has suffered lus punish- ment; you are a widow!" lamps were going out. dows and even on the roofs numbers of spectators were gathered us if to witâ€" ness some heartrending. Mounted genda'i'nms and soldiers ' darkness. and one might. be inclined grocer wei""Ԥnk'1 hioxgoods. m scour or THE cmttorma " "’ A Woman‘s Account or the Shocking Speo tack- Presented by n Par-ls keratin“ In these rushing times we might take for our motto "Something New. Always Something New I" qucntly.Iimagine that the impression! of n. woman at the foot of the guillo- tine have just been present at the last PG" formanoe in the Place de la Roquotia. where M. de Paris and his assistants officiated in the name of soâ€"celled 5‘13‘ tice. The horrible spectacle haunts and racks the mind. and tends rail)“ to reinforce the partisans of the aboli- tion of capital punishment. ror of the ders a guilty man almost worthy of pity. dragged like a beast to the slaughter house. up even to the sinister seesaw. is terrible. be astonished that anybody could be moved to pity for the ferooious brute. Carrara. who transformed his mush- room establishment lnto a cromutery and had no mercy for the unfortunate young man. Lamarm, whom he threw into the fire after having murdered him for the purpose of robbery. I know all that, and I do not dispute the fact that the Italian fiat is no reason why we should not Conso- would not be commonplace. I The hor- Punishment imposed ren- The sight of a human being. I know many people ml! was a. monster. but DIBGUSTED AT THE SPECTACLE which was presented to our eyes. and which I will now endeavor to describe with the Impzu-tialily of a simple epoc- tator. wilhout resentment or prejudice. but with a heart. that revolts against a. scene that has neilher the grandeur nor the majesty of a. punishment in- flicted, but rather exhibits the coward- 106 and baseness of a vengeance which hides itself from the light of day. .The execution was fixed for 4 o'clock in. the morning. but from the hour of midnight the neighlxnhood of the Grandeâ€"Roquette was swarming with an_ undulating Jailbirds, murderers, footpads and wo- men of the streets assembled flu-re to see, as they said “U x. , ': ’ : ' : shortened." u Itullui llllillll a nd mocking crowd. Journalists were admitted into the narrow space so often (it!SL‘l‘lllt'(l, with its five sinister stones and its logou~ V dary gas jot which is power lighted ox- oept on the evening before an i-xccu- tron. 7‘ ' - lhere in the rain we walcllml the horrible umchino glass of clear “pier level with the ground And I. a. woman, in llic. presume preparations, could no! lwlp I thought. of his little l'liil- somewhere. and of his were. pushed her husband info What rvmorso But the day was dawning and the Al. the win- carnivztl. The night. was gradually came out of the to rail at such‘a display of force at the extwution of n wrctc‘h PARA l .Y’IJED BY FEA ll. who in a. few moments would a ppoar upon the scene tied hand and foot. There was some little commotion among the crowd when people began to point at a. thin. old man who hobbled about with the gestures of a dam-in jack to so; if the knife in the brass rune: ncrs was in good worklng order. was Deiblor, the executioner, a rhoot This with a white board, who adjustc Ihe instrument With the indifference of a. l ' if Suddenâ€" y there wavprpfound silence; the rain was_over, heads were uncovered and motionless; breathless and almost in agony the crowd followed with star. ing eyes the movement of the doors of the prison, which at last opened wide. A suppressed “Ah I" came from many contracted chcsls, while with pale flu-cs all gazed crime the mountebauks of upon the assassin. whose . Ibo fairs popularized. He was simply fright- ful to look at, bowed down as he was wrth terror. He did not look like a. human being. He looked like a lmast. Ills intelligence was already dead and his 'lmart had lost all feeling. The instinct of the animal still remained. lhc sight was dreadfully sad. What followed beggars description. The executioner and his side seemed no longer to be men employed to carry out the ends of justice; they looked like butchers. 'l‘hey seized lhe conâ€" demned man, some by the cars. some by the logs. while others hold down the centre of the body and kupl bold- ing up to the very moment when. with a sudden rumble, the knife full, the head rebounded into the busth and the abomination was at an end. But one should be present. and ace the pavements covered with blood, [b5 gory knife. the blood spurting from the decapitated trunk. the ignominicus washing at the nearby fountain. and the gutters rolling to the sewer a purple-colored mud. in order to be nble to comprehend all the horrors of u; execution in Pa ris. ~â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"_ AL\VAYS MAKES A lll'l'. Woman's weapon has been rm'kum'd A: a. smile. I. fear. a high; But her most effemive \vmlmn I.- a firstâ€"class homemade pm. if 4. I.