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I‘m (it I t» nigh-:3. quoth I: “Sc-nil fight out to the last through weal 7....3, .\nd nevi-r aw \‘es when I should say no. Although I iii-i} have a tough roe to hoe," Quotli I .. liiyseli tilinth I. n “I'll new: stand in withadoubtfulsnap," Qun'h I Y!» thyself. quoth I: "Fur tiltiiv luct'e I Wont care a rap.'. iJ'JHCII I l') thyself. qunth I. "I .i stand if: t.:e city through thick and ' thin. . For bloodv c illll'dCCUI'S won i: care a pm; If till-g; try thu- gouge game I'll raise a din. ‘ Quuzi'i l to myself. quoth I. "But in an evil hour I met one Bruit," (gulch I to myself, quotli I: . " Who has lill‘h'il me up in a way quit. rough. Quutii l to IIIFSUII‘. quuth I: "lie tempted un: sore and I quietly fell. .\ll(l nuts I wish this man Brutf was in - mil W1. allill'llli" with ill" 2. Raymond street . I LL‘.A. Iguwtii I t» myself. quuth I. "I‘d t'utlle him up ll‘. :1 way severe." I‘Itlliili I [1) lily-Self, (“10th I; . "I'll lay him out Cold. and never you fear, ’ (Jamil l to myself. quoth I: “I‘d just «lust the wall with his ugly form In fili'i' he'd rind it decidedly warm. ' And imifiréue he'd been through a tropic ‘~7"l'lll. I Hun": I ti- myself. "luoth I. G. V. T. .___â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" silage “'ithout a kilo. .‘J‘numutzt l‘aruier tells about silage ~.v.th About the end of Octo- lu-r corn. lllillll<i{t‘(l, and oat straw were cut with a feed cutter tiuc. half an inch and less. and piled into a hay mow with- out pl‘csSU re or weight or exclusion of air, beyond such pressure as was furnished by a ”my. mvn weight. The mass heated, and 111.12,“: it while the top for a depth of .hlec or {Eur inches molded a little. This food has been fed to milk cows for some rim»;- now. and with no other rations than a little ground oats. The animals are re- pirtcd to thrive on it and give more milk since so fed than before. 2‘ .‘i run. \ | Hints on Horse Breeding. In one of the New York Farmers' in- stitue“. an experienced breeder in horses read a paper on "Horse Breeding." in which occurred the following statements: First decide what style of horse you want to produce. There are several classes of horses. the race horse and Lrotter: the carriage horse, such as the Cleveland bay and French coach, and the \‘arinlls‘ I)I‘('(‘\l> of draft horses: The Eng- lish Shire. the Clydesdale and the Pet:- cheron. of these various breeds the race horse can only be bred to advantage in largo establishments. The American froticl‘lw.‘ only become a distinct breed witI in a generation. but now we produce the trotter quite uniformly. The Bug lish race horse was the progenitor of the American trotter, of which Rysdik’s liauihletoniun. .‘vliiinbrino. Henry Clay and a few others were the first sires. Only within fifteen years has an in- telliizet:t study of the trottcr been pursued. Now the rules adopted and published in the register govern. American breeders of the trottcr have reached a degree of SllCCkss‘ of which they are justly proud. They produce the fastest road horse in tho world. The Cleveland bay was the offspring of the thoroughbreil race horse on larger mares. The French coach horse was bred tinder towel-nuieut supervision, which own-w! all the stallions. The Norman should not be confounded with the Per- cheron. ‘he former is smallerâ€"a car- riage horse; the latter better adapted to heavy drat‘t. It is the draft, horse of France. The English Shire and Clydes- dale hi nrses have been much mixed. Give the lit-u. of care and feed well. Such treatment pays. Tim farmers can breed a few colts every - :zt'l work their mares most of the . . (‘Iicrip raising of colts on the star- v;‘...‘n plan does not pay. The dam should earn hcr keeping. II: estimated the on? of properly raising a colt. until it 1.4 l‘i'l'.’ Li‘s will depend upon the quality of the . colt a: that age. Length to Cut Corn Fodder. Nutrition-«i with interesting experiments upon by Professor Shelton, of us Agricultural college, is the 9: to the proper length to cut cox-n “rat-s. According to the professor‘s re: art the uncly cut fodder was much less ~~ when cut into coarser lengths, and The llllt‘tltOll portions. the "waste.“ were . 11v increuwd by the excessive reduc- . ttltnlzct‘ of the cows were fed for one vvtsi. t'j‘oii corn fodder reduced to quarter invii lo‘tt;t‘;.<. the week following the «in» corn toddcr cttt into inch lengths, :u lllu‘ week following they were far tzishcd :‘uiidcr cut into twodnch lengths. Care was taken that each animal received 5:»: ohm: what previous experience had .--‘wn it would “eat up clean." The gm“ were ted night and morning as ti:1;.~.l. hut leforc feeding the next. day iviue in the tnangers was carefully Wefxin‘rl. The result of these trials is shmvn in tabular form as follows: Feed. Waste. Per Cent. '.4 Learn of Cut. lbs. lbs. waste. (intU 7"".ll inch ........ $0 :25 5.“) “tie : .. .44“ 150 34 T“- n" . .. 460 ll 24 Prncaur Shelton offers the following explanation of the above results: “As or- dinarilr prepared. the blades of the corn plant are the only part having nutritive value. The stalk portion and the husks arc. for the most part, indiucStiblc. taste- leâ€"u. woody fibre. When fodder is cut into very short lengths. these dissimilar parts are i-wruriva‘oly intermixed; the animal is until» to extricate them: and. in reject- in: the worthless portion. is forced to dis- card much that I! valuable; hence. the grimly increasi‘d .waste’ when the shorter lengths were used. The additional ad- vantage in the use of the longer lengths in the great <aving of power required to cut a given weight of foddcris a very con- siderable item, not likely to be lost. sight of.“ Creamery or Cheese Factory. In reply to the question. “Which is the more profitable for the average farmer and Hindi stock raiser. the creamery or the cheese factory?" Michigan Farmer answers: “As a general rule the cheese factory will return the most money to its atrons. one year with another. But there are special seasons and conditions which would change this. The returns made by cheese factories the past season run from $33 to $75 per cowâ€"the average would be about $50. It must be re- membered. however. the cheese factory only leaves the whey for its patrons, while the creamcry leaves all the milk, a differ- ence which. if properly utilized, would materially change results. Then, again, thequality of the butter or cheese pro- duced Would have an important bearing upon the returns. If tlw products of either are of a low grade, through the lack of experience or carelessness on the part of the managers, such factoryor creamery will not bcabie to pay their patrons as much as if they were making a. first class article. It. would be better tosell your milk toawcu managed creamerythan a poorly managed factory. and vice versa. Brainsnand experience .816 wall in u "- ~. years old at $120. The profit or . "‘vc and palatable to the animals' FARM AND GARDEN. §A new PEAR, ADAPTED TO A WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRY. . A Well Known Hommn’s Talk on Dis- . temperâ€"Hints on Tree Plantingâ€"Tak- ing Wire from Fences and. Hop Yards. l Device for the Apiary. , A Kentucky apiarian. J. S. Reese by . name, had in practical use the past sea- son a device for getting bees out of fin- ‘ ished or full cases of honey while on the ; hive without the use of smoke, etc. The I plan also works well when applied to it ~ pileâ€"less or moreâ€"of full cases, when the ' bees can escape and not return. Mr. Reece believes his plan to be a new one, but modestly declines to apply for a I patent, and describes it. in detail for the benefit of others. with plain illustrations, 1 in Gleanings in Bcc Culture. A CONE CASE DEE ESCAPE. This cone case bee escape is simply as follows: Take an empty surplus case that any beekeepcr may be usingâ€"say, for board that will just fit inside the T case: bore two one inch holes, one near each end. Make two small cones of wire cloth, just large enough to tack over the one inch holes, and about one and one-half 6 inch high. Now make two more larger 1 cones, about three and one-half inches at ' base and three and one-half inches high, and tack over the smaller cones. ’l‘hi: I will leave a space between the smaller I and larger cones, and each cone has a hole in its apex that- will admita bee. You I l I I iillustration, the ’1‘ super. Cut a thin I I I now have a device like E in the illustraâ€" tion. Fasten this board, with cones, neat the bottom of your empty super, as shown by B. Now, as this empty section case with the false bottomâ€"or topâ€"with cones, is just the size of the surplus cases already on the hive, the full super may be raised. as at A, and a super (C) filled with empty sections can be put on the hive. Between the supers A and C, the cone case B is placed, with cones pointing toward the brood nest. The full supers of sections and bees can be put on top of the cone case. and all is done in a. twinkling. In a few hours you may expect to have your full super all clean of bees and not a cell uncapped. If the cone case beadjusted in the afternoon or evening, your full su- per will be just as you would desire it next morning. Mr. Reese says that he makes the wire cloth cones very rapidly by using two tin cones of right. size, molding the wire cloth between the tin ones. F shows the outside cone. G is the square of wire cloth and H the inside cone, which is fastened on to a wooden stake. the latter stuck into the bench. The central mesh of G, or as nearly as may be, is placed on the apex of the cone E. The cone F is then driven down, forming the square of wire cloth into a cone. Queen cell protectors can also be made on these tin cones to perfection. Mr. Reese inclines to the belief that one set of wire cones would answer every purpose that, the two do. especially if the hole was made larger, say one and three- quartcrs or two inches. The editor of the journal quoted from, commenting on the same. expressed the opinion that one set of cones is practically safe. w..w__._ .. Quinina for Horse Distemper. Quiniue is said to be the favorite remedy at Woodburn farm, Kentucky. Mr. L. Brodhead. the superintendent. of that breeding establishment, is credited with having given his method of treatment for istemper as follows: "Give for weanlings from fifteen to twenty grains a day. We generally give this quantity once a day, but when first taken and the fever is high, give about fifteen grains twice a day, morning and evening. If the attack is mild we give only one dose a day, and continue till the disease has left the system. The quinine allays the fever and isgood for the in- flamed throat. It isan excellent tonic. and so far has cured every case we have had, about 150 in number. In the early spring we had several very severe cases that lam sure we should have lost but I for the quinine. These were yearlings, I and we gave about twenty grains at a dose twice a day. Older horses can be given I sixty grains 8. day. in two doses. When i ever you have fever use quinine freely, no matter what the disease. It is almost a specific for lung fever and pneumonia. 1 have cured two cases of lockjaw in suck- I li‘us this summer with qttininc and altro ‘ phia, twenty drops of the latter to a dose. We are not, particular to weigh the quinine, but guess at a dose. Put it in a spoon and place it on the tongue with- out elevating the head. or exciting the animal. We pull the tongue to one side. insert the spoon, turn it over and wipe on the tongue. It is easy to administer. and l the animal gets it all. It is perfectly safe, and there is little, if any, danger in giv- mg, too much. As the weanlings in the south average considerably larger than our northern ones. a smaller dose would probably answer the purpose in this sec- tion. It mightbebetter, on the whole, to get it put up in ten grain powders. Then the quantity can be regulated very easily, for if fifteen grains is required di- vide one of the powders in two, and add one half to one of the ten grain powders. As distemper is very prevalent in all sec- tions of the country. the above directions should be remembered by those who have the care of horses.“ Experiments with Field Corn. 0f thirty-five varieties of field corn tested on the grounds of the State Agri- cultural college of Colorado, and reported upon by Professor Blount, but two have been in any way improved. The Pride of the North and the Yellow Flint, having proved most valuable. have been selected for several years. From a six ounce ear, growing singly on the stalk, in five years the ears have been made to average eight to ten ounces, and have been doubled on the stalk. Reports from those who have planted the same seed are most flattering. The fodder is fine and when out before frost and well cured, stock prefer it to hay. When selected for seed all stalks bearing two ears or more are left standing in the field until dead ripe, and when they are cut up the top cars only are saved, and only those that are well formed and have straight rows. By judicious selecâ€" tion of the first ears that ripen, the period of maturity has been materially shortened. This variety the first year was 141 days ripening. Last year it ripened in ninety- cight, and in the fields of some farmers in ninety days. Transplanting Trees. A southern correspondent calls atten- tion to what he considers an important point in transplanting trees, viz.: To have the tree, when transplanted, in the same positions as to the points of the com- pass as before removal. He says: “The south side of a tree is exposed tothe direct rays of the sun, while the north side is more or less protected from them. Nature accommodates itself to this I I l I changed condition, and the difference in l development in many trees on the south and north sides is obvious to ordinary ob- servatiou. When the south side of a tree is turned tothe north, each side finds itself in a position for which. nature has made no preparation, and death follows almost as certainly as lfthc top were put in the gum! and the roots turned up to the The willow and some other trees will growifplanted u do down, and many m .81“? fhthssouthsid turned.- . '3 . . _ mm with t’rbes mailing m'm;mflilf mpm mm tom [statistics rega’ ‘ rding the » ~; ' - .OOA’m“: transplant 9.: MTG 18"] W apt to be fatal to turn the south side to the north, and the older ache tree the greater the danger from changing sides in transplanting. . A Poor 0! Promise. l 2 The Idaho pear, which takes its name ' from the state where it originated, at-, tracted, during last season, considerable comment from prominent pomologtsts. The shape of this pear, which is roundish l W It is of I I all, are so particular in regard to Sabbath or obovate, is shown in the cut. large size, the illustration here given hav- ing been reduced one-third from natural size. It varies in color from a greenish yellow to a. bright yellow, according to its ripeness. The flesh, which is firm and juicy, is devoid of any gritty texture, and is characterized by a very pleasant flavor and distinct aroma. Its season is later I than that of the Bartlett, and it gives promise of being a good keeper. \ , ’ â€" IDAHO PEARâ€"TWO-TIIIRDS NATURAL SIZE. It is claimed that the trees are vigorous in habit, having dark foliage, with the fruit quite evenly distributed over the tree, sometimes in clusters. The Idaho pear is a seedling, grown from the seed of a large red checked pear (name unknown) planted by a. lady at Lewiston, Idaho, some twenty years ago. The tree fruited the fourth year from seed. it is claimed, and has borne annually ever since. As the latitude of its origin is 46 (legs. 10 mins. north, and it has survived winters when the thermometer ranged from 15 to 30 (legs. below zero, there is good reason for believing it hardy and adapted to a wide range of country. Cheap Device for Winding Wire. The device shown in the cut for taking wire from hop yards or fences appeared originally in Rural New Yorker, where it was described as follows: Take an old washtub and a board five or six inches wide; nail the board across the tub, letting it project three or four inches at each end. Then through the center of the bottom of the tub and of the board on top bore a one and a half inch hole. Pitta pole through the hole for a shaft. Also bore a hole about a. foot from the center and drive in a peg for a crank handle, as shown. The one seen in the cut is an old well crank WINDING WIRE. If it. is worked in a hop yard, fasten the shaft to the poles, letting it project at the end where the wire is to be taken off enough to slip the tub on. If it is to be used in taking wire of? a fence or where there is nothing to which it can be fast;- ened, drive two posts in the ground six or seven feet apart. Then tie the wire to the end of the board and turn the crank. and you will see how nicely the wire will coil irouud the tub. The tub must be taper. ing, of course. ' Things to Know and to Do. Fowls should always have access to a sand or dust. bath. Cold, more than any other one cause, checks the production of eggs. Plant the Beurre d’Anjou pear. It is fora. fall pear what. tho Bartlet is for I. summer pear, and more. Study well the new seed catalogues, especially those from trustworthy seeds- men. Fresh lime scattered around the cellar will help to keep it dry. In making out orders for nursery stock one is liable to invest too largely in nov- elties. Stick pretty closely to tested and proven varieties. Secretary ‘Voodward would draw and spread manure from the stable, even if the snow were a foot deep. He believes that, spread on corn land in the fall, it does 50 per cent. more good than when spread the following spring. Scaly legs in fowl-s, a complaint of the season, should be treated by rubbing twice a week with a mixture of lard and kero- sene. applied warm. (.‘urrycomb and brush are good for the cow as well as the horse. scans Infested with Weevils. An English experimenter has lately p-.tb1ishcd a report giving the results of a series of trials with beans infested with Weevils. The general impression prevails that provided the plumule or radical be not injured, the plants do not materially suffer from the mere perforation and par- tial consumption of the cotyledon. The report of the English experimenter makes it appear that fora time plants raised from seeds thus perforated show no signs of weakness, but when the flow- ering period arrives then the blossoms produced are few and small, the plant withers and sometimes dies without pro- ducing a single pod. Additional experi- ments made with five difi'erent varieties showed that the total product was so greatly diminished as to leave no ground for doubt that. tln presence of the weevil in the seed is highly detrimental, afiecting to a very considerable degree the repro~ ductive powers of the future plant. “EVIL AND PERFORATED BEAN. The injury done to peas by the pea weevil, is of the sumo character as that of the bean by the bean weevil, though the latter insect eats several holes in the seed, while the pea weevil makes only one. The injury to the vitality of pea plants produced from buggy peas may not be so great as that to the beans, as shown by the experiments mentioned, though positive proof of this is lacking. events, one should be careful to secure sound peas. as well as soundbeansfor seed. The small line between the weevil and bean, in the cut, represents the natural length of the bean weevil. A New Variety of Currant. The new currant introduced last season under the name Grandall 'is supposed to be ahybrid between the cherry current and Ribes Aureum. “The introducers of this new variety, which originated in The Honey Producers' Union. At. the conventionpof the New York State Beekeepers’ association at‘Utica it wasdecidedtoform an interhatfdnal‘as: sociation under the name of the 'Honey Producers' union, to seam and ' product in every .honey producing state in the Union in the “03330311” June Jul a , September. ~ ~' ‘ _’,, .yt. Wm ammo-moms. The Jersey Bulletin says thatagood {for Jerfimnigeéourefi'onuds corn' .ourponn . . m aixpounds www.mdfltteen pomp clover hay. Ifyouhavecornfodder.’ 'a'nme mshnseed meal-andwheat man ~ i To the Editor of THE WATCHHAX. I article to pen said paragraph and the edi- ' tor of such a pa I 2 i i l l " ' ~‘cofi‘Mt'INIcA‘fioNs " This "tails? .azgvdgd ”out is} week. DEAR Wucmux,â€"Sonie weeks an article appeared in the “Victoria War- dir" of your town over the signature of “Justice ’ in which occurs the following agraph : “Some of the clergy. we are glad not observance, that they will not attend a. funeral of some unfortunate who had so little re rd for Sunday, as to die at. the time. w en it. would be necessary that he should be buried on that. day. To bind up the broken heart of ti“ mourner, com- fort the afilicted, and improve a solemn occasion by pointing to a. spectacle, so convincing of the frailty and uncertainty of human life, is a work of too secular a nature to be attended to on the Lord’s day.’ Now whatever led the writer-of said 1' as the Warder to give it publicity is known to both the writer and the publisher, but as I am one of those in the ranks of the “clergy,” who am conscientiously opposed to Sabbath funerals I thought it my duty to explain my position, and if you will allow me the priviledge I will give a few reasons why many others. as well as my- self, in the clerical profession are con- scientiously opposed to funerals ‘on the Sabbath. 1 Very few persons die at a time that makes it necessary for them ,to be buried on Sunday. Neither is it the disregard for the day by the person dying that puts the funeral on the same. 1 am under the impression that Sunday funerals are caus- ed by the living, not by the dead. In order to this many funerals which should or could be held on Saturday are held over till Sunday, and many which could be held over till Monday are hurried through so as to be held on Sabbath. This is done not by the dead but by the living. 2 Many of the persons who do this have scarcely any or no respect for either the minister or his work. They will not enter a. church door from one end of the year to another, unless they go to attend a funer- al. They will cast all kinds of contempt on him and his work, till they require his service for a Sunday funeral and than without ever consulting him as to even what part of the day will suit him and his work best they will expect his attendance as readily as though they were his most respected friends or his firinest supporters. :5 The great-er number of ministers, on country charges especially, have three ser- vices for each Sabbath, as a general rule at 10.30 a.1n., 2.30 p.111. and 7 p.iit., with long drives between. Now it. appears to II c that, if a funeral must. be put on: the Sabbath that Some little regard ought to be had to make it suit the hour of the service at the appointment at which it is to be held. Or. the contrary, without the least regard to anything of this kind, very often a messenger will arrive at the Par- sonage late on Saturday night; to inform the minister that. his services are required to attend a funeral to-morrow at. 11 a.tn.. in the neighborhood where his regular ser- vices would come at 2.30 pm. In vain he endeavors to show that this will put his work all awry. Perhaps he is told that the person has been so long dead and that; he must of necessity be buried as early as possible in the day. Under those circumstances the minister must do one of tho things. He must either refuse at- tendance at the funeral or he must disap- ipoint his morning congregation. In this 1 way I have known a congregation of over ' 200 people to meet and have 60 leave the church without any service. The minister feeling he must attend the funeral goes in the morning to the place where his ser- , vico is to be in the afternoon. The funeral services are held. extending perhaps up to 1.30 put. this will cut off the regular services at that point for that Sabbath. I But that is not all yet. At times the drive i from the house of the diseased is so far in I the. contrary direction that by the time I the minister returns from the cemetery. I where with the procession ho is expected to go, he cannot, reach even his evening congregation in time and it too is disar- ranced in its work. Now if the minister refuses to attend this funeral at the ex- ‘ pcnsc of the disarrangement of his whole ISabbath's work he will, by the writer of ltltc article in question, he charged with considering a funeral as “ a work of too . secular a nature to he attended to on the Lord's day.” Again the funeral service may be appointed for the afternoon where Ills services is to he in the morning. In vain he again rcuionstrates, showing them that this will cause him to disappoint his I afternoon congregation and that it would be much better if they could have it at the I time of the morning service. Perhaps in this case he is told that such an arrange- ment would not answer at all, that some of the friends have such a distance to cmue that they cannot get to the scene of the funeral before 2 o'clock in the after- noon. This. accarding to their judgment. settles the whole matter. The minister must yield. He goes to the place of his I morning service at the main] hour but there is no one there. The people are all waiting to attend the funeral in the after- room. He remains to attend the same. His afternoon congregation meets and disappointed has to disperse without any SL r «ice. 4 Very seldom in connection with Sun- to the minimum. How often anrmg other [ things is the grave. dug out on the Sabbath and that too where it could have been done on Saturday. Now, surely this is not a necessity. Supposing that a Sunday funeral must of necessity create an amount of extra work with scizsors, needles and thitubles, etc., etc., that is no reason why a grave need me measured, staked out and dug on the Sabbath, and yet how often is this done under the plea of necessity. , Now a question naturally arises just here. 3 Is not the minister who countenances Sun- i day funerals more or less responsible for all this? 5 I have never, in an experience of 20 years, known an eminently good man I buried on the Sabbath, whether it was he ; himself, by dying at the right time or his ’ his friends in making the arrangements for his funeral, prevented such an event I will leave it to the writer of the article in question to say. N ow. I presume it is not too high an estimate to say that. there I are 1.000 ministers of difi‘erent. evangeical denominations in Canada, and yet I .have . never known the funeral of a minister or a funeral in a minister's family to be a necessity on the Sabbath, and I must con- ifess that I am under the impression this day that nine-tenths of the Sunday funer- alsf‘are'npt‘ 'a. necessity but; 'are simply I placed. on the Sabbath in order to get out At all a larger crowd than would assemble if the same funeral was held either on Saturday or Monday. How many of those come through respect to the departed or through sympathy for- the friends, of course, is hard so say, , , Of Course there is one consolation, for the writer of the article in question re- maining, viz: That should he prefer to die at a time which will make his funeral a necessity on the Sabbath he can procure “some of the ole ” included in the “not all” to bind up t e broken heart of the mourner, comfort. ' the afflicted, and im- prove the solemn occasion “bv committing his regains to Mother- Earth}. on the Assitant-Secretary Maynard has sus- tained the action of the Collector of Customs at Suspension Bridge, N. Y., day funerals is the manual labor reduced I on“. Miami. ;:‘... -. 2.1.: > .....:L. 0 We have a larg Q. Hfiâ€"«pâ€"é _â€"â€"+â€"-â€"â€"’ â€"â€"-+-â€"=/a 6 stock of TRUNKS and TRAVELLING BAGS which we are selling at very Low Prices. 9‘ ' p . TRAVELLERS, EMIG-RAN TS ‘ and Pleasure Seekers, Call and see fOr yourselves that we have the Largest, Cheapest and Best assortment of Trunks and Valises in the county.. ‘ EVERYBODY Should see our I I 90 Sewed _ and Rivited Laced Boot and be convinced that we do sell R.NEILL, The Great One Price Cheap Boot and Shoe House. . DALY HOUSE BLOCK- [.zkm’my cma’ Peferéoro’. DEATH or A JOURNALIST? Fan] Play Suspected In the (lam or llr. George l-Zyvcl. the llannnrtl Reporter. Tonom Feb. 27.â€"M.r. George Eyvel, of the Hansard reporting staff, died at his resi- dence, No. 16 Sussex-avenue, this morning, leaving behind him a mystery that the detec- tives should make a. strong efiort to unravel He had been engaged in taking a shorthand report of the evidence taken by the Labor Commission in this city, and three weeks ago last Friday night, after spending a couple of hours with some friends, started for home. At an early hour in the mornig a citizen residing on Huron, north of College-street, was awakened by hearing a loud knocking at the door, followed by a crash of glass. He hurriedly ran down stairs, thinking that bur- glars were on the premises, and upon opening the door behold a. young man with hands held out. in front of him and blood streaming from a wound in the face. The young man’s hands were frozen solid, and the frost had taken such an effect on his limbs that he was hardly able to stand. The night was bitterly cold, and as the stranger could not give his name, a. police- ‘ man was called. A doctor was summoned also, and on his arrival it was seen that sufier- .‘_ inghad made the young man delirious. In 1 the morning he was recognized as George . Eyvel by a fellow reporter and was taken to , his home where he received all the care and treatment that human skill could devise. Tcn days ago it was found necessary to ampu- tnte three of the fingers of the left hand. He revived momentarily after this, but gradually sank again until the middle of last week, when threcof the fingers of the right hand were amputated. Fears were then entertained that his physical strength would not hold out, and these fears were realized this morning when the young man passed away, surrounded by his wife and three young children. On the morning that be was found Mr. Eyvel said he thought he must have been attackedby footpads while going home up Huron-street, but that. he did not remember seeing any one. His gold watch and chain having disappeared, it is but too evtdent that he v. attacked and robbed, and that after the scoundrels had knocked their victim sense- less they left him lying on the ground to freon todeath. During hisdelirium of the past week he spoke several times, although incoherently, of men who had attacked him, but durmg' his lucid moments he could tell very littleor nothing about the affair. Mr. Eyvel was one of the most popular newspaper men in the province, being a clever writer and a steady, hard-working reporter. WREOKED IN A SNOWSTORM. A Schooner Goes Down “I“; Part of lien- Crewâ€"Ollie:- Ian-Inc Disasters. Penman. Ma. Feb. 27.â€"Tho schooner Nettie Bowers. coal laden from Now York for Port- land. was wrecked in a suowatorm Saturduy night on Richmond Island. The crow consist’ ed of civil: men. Captain Geom Spear. First Male liobinson. Second Mate Gardiner and Cook Mics Higgins were drowned. Kansas, describe it as bluish black in color when ful-‘V ripe, and varying in size from one-quarter to one-half of an. inch in diameter. and growing in bunches of five to eight berries each. The flavor of the fruit is said to be peculiar to itself and superior to the English black curt-ant. _Profasor Budd, of Iowa, has expressed himself as believing the Crandall to be valuable for general cultivation. Vick; thewell-known New York seedsman. says ~ that the cum-ant worm does not infest this varietal. “(11:11“ it adapts itself to almost any appears. to .1» especially prized for preserves andjcllies. Aft-ousting! boos Against. Rabbits. method or protecting trees not rabbits and ground! mice, practiced hm sour! farmer-sand index-sod bytho Mis- souri State Horticultural society, consists lncovering thetrunkof the crescent! vitamin. cloth. It this be inserted an. inch ”Minted? mm'ltia-daimed that. it prove: an equal. protection to ground .mice, which often girdle-uses at and below the surface aux-insure aviator. ‘ m ‘ in assessing the duty at to per cent ad 2 . Mm nude bybouum-n m aalorem On three carloads of wet wood pulp imported from Canada under the tariff provisions for “pnlp dried for papermakers’ use,” norwithstanding the representation of the importers that as the merchanhise had not been put put through the drying process , it cannot He considered as pulp dried 2 "A Tennessee farmer-says that the-m a, and fatal mistake made by southern 1mm ‘3 the, 998133 to cultivate grass} 9mm m'tmlrcldm. is flie- Sundae. ‘ “‘3 9““ "WWW attire, r ”w’hb-autm'W-- ~ 3 ~ , . ‘V‘fi‘ i . ‘ M‘ortE ARRIVING. ac ma“; " ' 3 ._ mama-81o" ow ‘.cso.m,sss. m a. t Jmmwét“ Wmmmw ‘ a “I I‘M ”MW” SPRATT KILLEN, WHOLESALE RETAIL DEALERS IN PURE TEAS and ROI-TEES. PROGRESS THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE 2 I ‘ I . ,y . . _ . . ~ r. . ,'~ ’7 l _ . I I ’ 2v ‘ . I .. . .. . . ..v .- . . _. ... . .... . . ..... , . t ... ... Q a - .~.-‘â€"p_,;-¢‘ ..,.........l‘. . E -i E Q I PRESENTED WITH A COMMEMORATIVE MEDAl To OWEN Mccaavzv a Son. OW ' ‘ 'OH VIN! FURNtTUR‘ ”M H “A . .« 2 ,. ' .. 7 ...-,~» H. . ' 17 we law: not aa’z'erltlmt' so exfcnsz'z'ebi of late, 2'! tlvjor good reasons. For ins/ante, tile great 1310605: in our sale: St'na: llze first of Me year 1m: kept us exzerdingb' (Jury, and [ms brew rut/z a: to malt/e 115 m to 10 my Met it is altogrtlzrr zuzfrn‘ra’mtrd. wen will: us, during any parlion ry' t/ze pastforU-four years (3f our business life, 20/512}: 11a: manila/(d fl/e man-’1' addt'tzbm, al/craz‘iom and z'mfroz'cmen/s, and wizz’r/z, w/zerz comp/clad SI 0710', will render our u'l'o/esa/e and retail Furniture IItaerooms, willioul exteption, [lie largest, finest and 0:5! adapted for tire Furniture (rode in fire Dominionâ€"[qua], in fact, to an; in 1/2: United States. _ THE LATEST IMPROVEMENT. In addition to the six storey icing added in rear of our Warcrocms, "‘6 have MII‘ made additional Slicu' rccms cn thefifth floor. formm'u used as finishing rooms, for the display of Chamber Suites and Chamber Furniture only. I ~ I SOME FIGURES- flic rooms are 100 feet deep by 60 feet wide, which will enable us to make the best display of Mahogany, Oak, Black fi'almil, Chen-y Afrczan Ash, and the newest styles of the merit: m and low pricrd~Siiites ref sham: to the public in any part of the Dominion. Prices ail ra7igefrcn1825, 830, 8.40, 850, 860, 875, 8100, 8150, $200, 8250, and up to 81,500. IVe are also fitting up FOUR ART ROOMS to» flip mow pfl'rrf'iw display! of thefiner grades of Furniture, which will be lit by chandeliers or electric light, to shou- the (fort of gas or other artificial light upon the various articles, we being determined to leave nothing undone that either capital or energy can accomplish to place our business on the very best basic. WHAT ADEQUATE CAPITAL DOES. The advantages of purchasing stock in the lunged quantities and for net cash, enables us to marl- our goods at and in many mm below {chat similar goods cost many in the trade. This advantage has secured for us during the past few years, but especially dun’nq tlic present 1161th ‘he largest sales yet made by us, and which necessitated the further «termite additions to our premises upon which ice ~are at" present algaon’ When finished we shall refer thereto again, and possibly incite both ” PRESS, AND PUBLIC to examine and corroborate our statements, and if afler examination of our stock and im ovements ma are to be not onl as u“ viewfi- the'm, but to mead even the most sanguine Wdtiom, we trust to receive their recomnwnjdjztzbn. I they y pr y c . We are now receiving the largest, the mostvan'aland Wee assortment of bent wood Chairs and Furniture Vienna, Austria cm shtppodfo tins port. Also, the largest stock qf Brass and Iron Bedsieads, We and Saving Cots, Reclining Chairs and other Iron Furniture from‘Birmmgham, England, per steamer due m week. ' ' A GREAT ARRAY. _. As we have made the finer grades of Parlor, C'Iiamb‘er,vand Dining Room Furniture especially during the last five years, we feel that it {a only name-231;; me tittat our sugarcane: are agdaa'a “332% a complete assortment of upholstaed goods. Our stock of fine touring: {s a main dreamt. a ’we" tothem'na mwcdww (I st we d best . - WWW and' .y ‘ , try, V . ‘ p t f me qf to very fine it from w marqfac . _ , NO CLIIIBING 0F STAIRS. - Our my Passenger Elevator, bein among our late improvements, isfouad mod convenient at all seasons, but annually in hot weather; to carry mwanyor'auofwrsin of‘slwwrooms. , ‘ augmitingiacdlandi’ ' cfdockandpriwsdtouroldcd, largest and admiuafly the cheapest Whom and Rdail Furniture I'LWW- 'Wemre; ally, ’ ' OWENMCGAB V E Y 82: S ON, :6 .. ' . , 184951351 qu‘11853,Notr_e ,DameVStreet, MONTREAL . p, 5.; ,m‘ggfingmmmmoflwm Carriages, a! very much reduced pica, and can of that, fizzled ed introduced to - grandma, and r... f~._il"'.