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3E3 HF 32$ .fi- A cheap portable disinfectant is perman- ganate of potash; a bottle full of these crystals, bought at the store any chemist, will last for years. It can be used . when wanted by putting a pinch? of the potash over night in a jug of water; in the morn- ing it will present a reddish appearance. and can be used for drains, etc. A small quantity of this liquid kept in a basin and renewed daily keeps a room fresh and de- stroys disease germs. The only drawbrck is that, if too strong, the liquid will stain linen. at the same time it has the great advantage of being easily carried about, while it can be prepared in the smallest quantity at a moments notice. It may be of benefit to a good many poultry keepers to state Mr, A. G. Gilbert, poultry manager of the Ottawa experi- mental farms, in a bulletin recently issued, gives the following; directions in regard to mating the different breeds. When mat- ing Brahmas allow one male With seven females: a cockerel with 2-year hens if possible. Plymouth Rocksâ€"One male nine females; a young bird with 2~year~ old hens preferred. Leghornsâ€"~â€"One cockerel with 112 or 3-year-old hens. Hoadans ‘One male, nine or 11 females. Black Minorcas â€" Same as Leghorns. Mixed fowlsâ€"One male with nine or 11 females. Wyandottesâ€"One male with nine females. The above embraces the best known breeds. Where only one sort is kept and the fowls have unlimited run, a greater number of females may be allow- ed. Eggs are fertile after fowls have been mated about 10 days. For layers choose White Leghorns ; for general pur- poses, Plymouth Rocks ; for both, Wyem- dottee. Do not continue to in-bred, or the stock will decrease in size. stamina and value. Get rid of the 3 and 4-year- old hens; keep the pullets; eat or sell the cockerels. Give the poultry as fair a trial as would be given 9 new kind of seed, vegetables, breed of horses or cattle. Utilize the grain. vegetable or meat waste of the farm by converting it into pooltry and eggs. A modification or improvement may be made at any time in winter if the weather happens to be too cold or hands scarce for doing the labor till spring. Take a small brush or pencxl, with white paint, pass through the orchard, and wherever a branch is to be pruned mark with the brush a white line where the cut is to be made. Direct the operator to cut- nowhere but on this line. The chalk would be washed ofi' by rain; the streak of white naint will remain for months. The piece of chalk may be attached to the end of a rod or pole and be used to reach any part of the tree. The veteran horticultural editor of the Country Gentleman, Mr. John J. Thomas, says that trees of hardy kinds may be safely pruned in Winter if but a moderate amount is to be cut away. Heavy prun- ing renders a tree tender and more liable to injury or check in growth if followed by intense cold, but it rarely happens that such severe pruning is required. If the operator always has a distinct and definite object in view he need not cut away a single shOot unless needed. A hearing tree may have too thick a head and want a slight thinning, or a small crooked branch may be in the way, requiring only clipping with a pocket-knife. There is a special advantage in doing the work now -â€"all the branches and shape of the head may be easily seen while the leaves are ofi', When the owner of an orchard has to give the business a hired hand he may avoid all danger of havmg the work wrongly done by marking with a piece of ‘ chalk the place where he wants the pocket- knife or light saw to do the cutting. Very little cutting need thus be made and no mutilation. and lends its sweetness to the patient mouth and the gentle speech, audit is such as these that most move our admin.- tion and our sympathy. Our petty worries fade away under their bright smile, and a thunder-cloud, full of smouldering gloom, lowering and dark with discontent and sullenness. We do not often stop to think how much of ourselves we carry in our faces and manners, or the subtle in- fluence we exert on those around us. Even strangers, the people we pass on the street or meet in the Cars, or transiently in places of business, are afi'ected by our atmosphere as we by theirs, and “so the whole round earth is bound around by chains of sympathy”â€"a sympathy all the more prevailing that it is often unconscious and unexpressed. A brief glance, a smile, a. gesture, will haunt the memory, and weaveasubtle spell long after the one bestowing it has passed out of our sight, perhaps out of our life; and the least touch upon the electric chain, by which we are all bound together in a common humanity may have as far reaching an influence as the tiny pebble that ripples the water into ever~increasing circles. It is not always those most free from care and trouble who wear the sunniest face; ottentimes it is the “serenity of conquered sorrow” which lights the eye we are ashamed tn let disbontent or ill- nature sway us. We have all known people whose com- ing into the mum was like a burst of sun- light, there was Something so cheering and inspiring in their very presence; others, too, we have known, whose faces were like sair e’en. It aye hearteus me up for the day ’ “It. was only a. glad good-morning, as she passed along the way, But .L spread the morning glory over the livelong day.” The words of the little poem came for- eibly [u my mind one summer day, as I $01M talking to a quaint Scotch neighbor our her ML of garden. A blithe-faced young glrl came trippling by, pausing to give Wlth the morning greeting a. smile as cherry as the sunshine. “Bless her bonny face,” said the old. Seutchwuman, looking fondly after her; “it’s a gude sicht for bMALL, SWEET COURTESI ES. A Cheap Disinfectant. Breeding Poultry. Pruning in Winter. V... . -v v. Illul‘lâ€" taining rates and restricting production. A New York despatch intimates that the Standard Oil Trust is to be dissolved. It is said the reason is the late decision of the Ohio Supreme Court declaring the trust illegal. John F. Winslow died at Poughkeepsie, N.Y., yesterday. He Was a leading iron manufacturer and helped to build the iron- clad Monitor. Mr. Winslow was presi- dent of the Poughkeepsie Bridge Company and was noted for his benevolence. It is announced from New York that; all the anthracite coal producing companies have combined for the purpose of main- taining rates and rnnfrinrinn ”Mum“, ‘ While the balance wavered yet; Saw how desperately met All the lines before our hands; Knew the day was in our hands; Knew that not one chance in ten Was with any scns of men In the path that lay before. Then, in all that trenchant roar, When no man of us could choose, Not know all he had to lose, All we might and and might not win, Mounted orders clatt‘ered in, And, with our great task plain in sight Our foes seen in the clear light, Steady, without sound or chum, Dumb. as a machine is dumb, All our front with bayonets marged, Like an avalanche we charged. ..... Rulél; Voices whispered. “That most brave Hear no love-words in the grave.” There we saw from where we lay The day’s crisis, like a flower, Bloom into the cmning hour ; Saw our foeman’s utmost. strength Hurled on all lines at length; Saw our need and danger grow ; Felt the waiting moment: g1) Whlle the balance wavnrml var- Visions rose to us of home. Memories of tender works, Perfumes, morning song birds ; Faces to each man grew plain He might never see again; 7- - ‘â€"â€"--v “I“ \nnunl V'UK"U’ We could see our time draw near; With the knowledge grew out fear, Every dymg agony Each of us could plainly seeâ€" Seemed to each man‘s calm despair His own death prefigured there. And when it came our sabres flashed, Our weir cry rang, the bugles crashed, Hoofs thundered as spurs tore and gored. Our calored torent leapt and roared Whither we knew not, against whom, Nor why, nor to what gaol or doom Towards the horizon least enlarged ()ur glad front wheeled, then we charged. II. Now the battle smoke was thinned By the steady eveningr wind. Cloud or shadow there was none, And the penetrating,r sun ‘ Filled up every niche and fold Of the landscape’s furrmved mould With the all-pervading light. From our naked, Walless height, We could see the thl'Cbblng hear: 0f the conflict, like a chart. Bared before us in detail Where we hung above the hail Of the shot whose every tread Left a footprint marked in red, We could count from breath to breath Every foe’s and comrade’s death. Every man of us descried E very effort of our side, Every movement of the foe In the moiling reek below. Not a man but understood All that past and all that would Come, as clear as he whose mind Steered the squadrons deaf and blind, Through the breakers that upburst Where the cannon did their worst, Creaking and orders all then seem Like shadow sounds inside a dream, And yet beyond these sounds are heard Murmurs whereof we catch no word; And from afar large whispers spread And meet among us overhead, As if some numberless array Were rustling toward us as its prey. I t was broad day now, 111 so far. That the fog had more light to bar. Cannon Spoke loud around; but. they Told only that our danger lly Unseen on every side. How great It was no guess could penetrate. The temper and the lust of fight Grew in us with the growing light, And then the mist waxed dun with smoke, The air stlrred, the haze almost broke, We caught blurred glimpses of the hills; ()f men on them like the wheat that thrills Under a. wind. N o rider stirred, Astride we waited for the Word. 'l‘he rumors rm throughout the camp All night. We dreamed we heard the tramp The darkness had intensified Hf vast grim hosts on every side. No man could Say in our suspense J ust who surrounded us, or whence Had come the foe whose endless ranks Uf horse and foot were on our flanks. Unseen, at the first fall of night, Cannon had leaped to eVery height, A nd serpent- earthworks, mound on mound, Engraved and looped and roped us ’round. The mist was like a choking poll; ‘The ghost of Some graves marble pail; Against our faces, and therein We were like insects clamped within Moon-colored amber. And so we Felt the wide dawn we could not see Soak through the air; the very ground Was hid, and only by the sound Could each man know his fellow’s place ; No one therein saw any face. We armed and horsed us rank on rank Vague noses, and our sabre’s Clank Sounded a dull and weary din Where scabbard’s glitter should have been, And splendors of the gathering storms Of sleek hides and bright uniforms. TWO BAT TLE SCEN ES; Edward "Lucas White THE WATCHMAN, LINDSAY; THURSDAY, MARCH Lord~SaIisbury’s declination to renew the modus vivendi in regard to the Berhinq Sen dispute has proved a veritable bombshell in Washington official circles. Some members of the House and Senate Committees of Foreign Affairs are "horribly stuffed with the eplthets of war," and talk of an armed resmtanee to seal-catching during the coming season. Yesterday’s London Sun. as reported in a. special cable, says the political situation is somewhat easier owing to Mr. Glad- stone’s return. The Grand Old Man, according to the Sun, does not wish to defeat. the Government before July next, so he has ordered his lieutenants not to hurry on a dissolution. There is a wild rumour afloat in Man- chester, N. H. that Tohn B. Harper a tavern- keeper Of that city, and n pxomin- ent member of the Clau- --na Gael, has been ordered to England by the Imperial Government to assist the Conservativ'es 1n the coming electinn. Wm. H. Morse, president and treasurer of the Security Asvnciation, of Worcester, Mass., bankers and brokers. has been arrested, charged with false pretences. Rev. Joseph Ali, assistant priest of the Italian Catholic church in New York, has been arrested, charged with indecently assaulting a 9-year-old girl. The Liberal candidate at Montmnrency has withdrawn, and the seat from which Mr. Tarte was ousted goes to Mr. Arthur Turcotte, Ccnservative. Prince J nhn Kobieski. a grandson of the King of Poland, has Man arrested at Mount Kisco, N.Y., charged with stalinq a horse and wagon. ‘ Mrs. Sarah Althea Terry. of San Fran- cisco, wife of the late Judge Terry. has been convicted to the lunatic asylum at Stockton as insane. September 22. the anniversary of the founding of the French republic, has been declared a. public holiday by the Chamber of Deputies. Twenty-eight cars with 12,000 bushels of shelled corn have left Bloomington, 111., for the relief of the starving Russians. The question of the Esquimalt fortifica- tions was again brought up in the British HouSe of Commons yesterday. The recount in London leaves Hon. Mr. Carling’s majority at 108, with Judg- ment reserved on some ballots. The directors of the St. Paul road have declared a. semi-annual dividend at 3% per cent. on preferred stock. Mr. John Dillon. the Irish Nationalist, fell on an icy si‘iewalk in Dublin Thurs- day and fractured his shoulder. The} uv: l Scatia Legislature has voted against extending the provincial franchise to widows and Spinsters. Rev. W. J. Little, p-xstnr of the Ham- ilton R'md Methodist. nhurch in Londun, dled yesterday. The cmmncrcial treaty between Frauen and the Unitcd'States has been concluded. The Spanish senate has 'atified the bum- mercinl cnn'.'enti('n with the United States. The Flynn nickel mine in Nurth Hast- ings has been valued at. $100,000. As the fuller details of the storm are received, it grows iv magnitude and in- tensity, and fears are expressed that there may be greater loss of life. On accwunr of the Condition of the wires and drift- COVered Country reads, the full details of the loss uf life will he slow in Coming in but that there have been serious results of the storm is undoubtedly true. The damage to pruperty from the severity at the gale is reported very great at Fargo, Crtmkâ€" stun and other places. ST. PAUL, March. After raueixw with terrific fury for 30 hours, the blizzard passed on to the nurth-east, leaving 111 its wake inte 18:: Cold, the mercury early this morning reaching 10 degrees below zero. DULUTH, Minn, March lO.â€"~At West Duluth yesterday the smuktstm-k of Merrill King’s mill blew duwu, killing F. Cullen and injuring txvu others. It is feared there will he much suffering. if nut 108‘s of life. before. the storm is pvur. ST. PETER, Minn.. March lO.-â€"-Sevéral school children who started for school yes- terday morning and two teamsters who drove into the country are missir‘g, and it is feared tliev are victims of the blizzard. From oppressive warmth Tuesday night the change 111 Clncagc. last evemng was re- markable, ice and gale making havoc with street tratfic and greatly embarrassing electric communication. A bu11ding,r in Course 4,;ferect10n 1n Chicagn was blown down and ten workemen were fatally 1n- jured W 7 7 _ Individual cases are given of people freezing,r to death. All trains are delayed says a. despatch from Dubuque, the wind is blowing at a 45-mile rate, With the mercury at zero and rapidly decending. At VV'dtel‘lUU, 10W“. many cars along the Illinms Central i'aili'uzid are reported blown frum the track. The ruof uf the Ketcham waggon works in Marshalltown was lifted away by the gale. From near- ly every place heard from come details of damage aggregating many thousands of dullars from the wreckage 0‘ fencing, mill tuwers, factory smokestacks, plnteglass winduws. trees. chimneys, signs and out- building. People Freezing ’00 Death Out WeSt... Children Perishâ€"Damage to Property. CHICAGO, March lO.â€"~A frightful post- wiuber inzzard, from lake Michigan to Mnntana, the WOI‘St in years and unexâ€" mnpled at [his sqnson, raged last night. Fifty degrees fall 1:) temperature, a. wlnrl- mg cyclone of destructmn to property and life are the features of the exraurdiuary visitation. A TERRIFIC BLIZZARD NEWS ITEMS. BAPTIST, Cambridge Streetâ€"Rev. ”W. K Anderson Pastor. Services at 11.00 A.’ M. and 7.00 1*. M. Prayer M eeting Sab- ath morning at 10.30 A. M. Sabbath School at 2.30 P. M. Young People‘s Society of Christian Endeavor Monday at 7.30 P. M. Prayer Meeting \Vednes- day at 7.30 r. 1\1.-â€"â€"A11 seats free. METHODIST, Queen Street.â€"-Rev. Newton Hill. Pastor. Services at 11.00 A. M. and 7.00 P. M. Sabbath School at 2.3L P. M. Praver Meeting; Thursday at 7.30 P. M. l Little more than two years ago the British community of St. Petersbura were greatly excited about the sudden and mys- terious disappearance at Miss Harper. a young English lady living in the city as a governess. She happened to have an I aunt aISo living in St. Peterslxtg, and one Sunday evening left her aunt’s house to go and see her sister. who was visiting Russia. at one of the large hotels. This was the last seen or heard of Miss Harper, and the most stringent investigations gave not a shadow of a clue as to her dis- appearance. The matter ceased to be talked about, but has suddenly been rev1ved by a clue just found by the police in searching the barracks of the Horse Guards. As is known. several murders have been brought home to this regiment, and, amongst other articles, a prayer book with Miss Harper’s name has been found in the barracks. The conclusion to be drawn from this discovery is too horrible to contemplate, and arouses a feeling of intense abhorrence in every mind. There is no doubt that the nearest road from the house to the hotel is past the door of the barracks were the outrages have occurred, and the spot isa lonely and dark line. METHODIST, Cambridge St.â€"Rev. T. M, Campbell. Pastor. Services at. 11 A.M.. and 7.00 1’. M. Sabbath School and _I§ib1c Class 117152.30, ClaSses at 10 A.M. C‘ll‘l‘led rm with so earnest a purpose as to prm e once more that. tlmuuh “the course nf tine love never did run Dsmooth ” and “ flint he 1rt never won fair Iad\i,” yet “ lave laughs at lucksmitlis.’ TM) days later :1 polite missive “as re- ceivcd from the bride, prayiiw her rela- tives nut to mourn her as (me lust, tellina them that she was legally married to Bill, and warningr them that tl.ey need not send after lier.-â€"-Dcer Park Reciirder. Shocking Discovery at St Petersburg. On Thursday week an occasion for evad- ing parental restrictions unexpectedly pre- sented itself. It was eagerly at ailed of by the lovms: couple. 3 The family had been invited to a party at Mr. Deuby’s. on the secmid ouncession, just north of where the Belt Line Railway crussed. Sarah Jane started with the rest, but, pleading that she had a severe head- ache, was driven home, no one for a mnment suspecting any ulterior purpose. When the yuung people returned to Mr. Clarke's house about 3 a. m. there was no Sarah Jane, and they searchec “ upstairs. duwustairs- and in my lady's chamber" without finding a trace of her. By and bye it was discm-ered that Bill vats alsa miss- ing, and then it began to be realize) that his billing and coming and wooing had been It is Iiepurted tlmt on one occasiun, when her favher during last summer was very seriously ill, Miss Clarke went to the stable in tears and exclaimed. " Darling Bill, suppose anything happens to pa, will you narry me ?” To this her lover re- sponded “By â€"-â€" I will, as sure as your name’s Sarah Jane.” on their courtship with unusual secrecy lest, for 'zmt of due precautions, the joys of “love’s young dream” might be rudely interrupted by stem parental interference. Notwithstanding their comfortable pe- cuniary circumstances, the family have been accustomed to live in a careful and prudent manner. and the yUllllb' people have seen very little of what is Called “society.” The attraction of the young ladies’ Society and the report of their good domestic qualities and handswne fortunes naturally drew occasional aspirants for their hands to the parential home, but it is reported that little encouragement was afl'orde'd to suitors by the head of the household, and that consequently, one after another, they fled in disCoumgement. The idyllc peace of the home was rudely broken last week by the unexpected elope- ment of the eldest dangliter, Miss Sarah Jane Clarke, with a man about four feet high rejoicing in the name of ‘Bill Stewart,’ who had been Working for her father for about 12 months. The couple had carried M. C. A., Rooms Cor. Kent and Cam- bridge sts. Open daily from 9.00 A. M. to 10.00 P. M. Prayer Praise meet-ing- Saturday at, 8 P. M. Young men’s meeting Sunday at; 4.15 P. M. Short addresses. Good singin . Young men always welcome. Dr. %7. H. Clarke, President; C. K. Calhoun Gen. Secre- Sensation at Faurbank and Fore-st Hill-â€" The Hired Man Carries Of? His Em- ployer’s Daughter. Among the must uighly respeCted resi- dents of the third concession in West York may be Counted the family of Mr William Clarke, ex-fuurth deruty reeve of Yul‘k Township. Mr. Clarke is a wealthy farmer, who has several Sons and two daughters, both of whom pussess property in their own I'I‘Jht not estinmted at less than $18,- OOQ_ap1ece. Rev. Father Nolan, Curatc. Services at 800 and 10.30A. M. and7 .00P.M. Sabbath School at 3. 30 P. M. AN ELOPEMENT IN WEST YORK Prayer Meeting, \Vedncsdayrat S P. M. Young People’s Christian Endeavor Society. cverv Fridav evening at 7.30 The Churches. I7, I892. 18:1 and 1853 Notre Dame Street, The firmly established reputation of th' " . ‘ IS well-k ' ’ ‘-" suffic1ent guarantee that OUtSlde show is onlv the lastn 0:11:31: Gillie: a; and that stability and good value for m a . established firm of Messrs. onoy are to be {Ound m the 0Id Owe” McGamey (‘5‘ 5074. On the fourth floor bedroom sets in profusion are to be found frcm the cheap ash wood to the elegantly carved set valued at fifteen hun- dred dollars. Brass and iron furniture, of which they have iust receiv- ed a very large consignment from Birmingham, England. is an especial- ly noticeable feature; handsome solid brass bedsteads and pretty cots for children from $30 up to $12 sâ€"there they are of the nextcst designs: neat iron bedsteads as low as $5, and rising to much higher figures, can also be found here. A great advantage in this house is that the price of every piece of lurniture and article is marked in plain figures, but owing to the widening of Notre Dame street west, which will necessi- tate their removal next spring, they are now offering special induceâ€" ments in the way of Discounts off the marked prices. The entire es- tablishment is a model one, neatness and order prevailing everywhere; all available space is taken up to accommodate the enormous stock which they carry, and from which purchasers can select at their libertv. Their new passenger elevator will be found not only a great covenicnce but also a luxury in its way to carry their customers to any of their six flats of show rooms. * meets the eye, SUCh as 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 piece parlor suites. Odd piece suites, gilt chairs, corner chairs, ottomans, divans, tete-a-tetes, piano and footâ€"stools in plushes, brocatelles and silk damasks of all the newest and latest shades; also a full line of fancy centre, card and work-tables statuette-stands, ladies writing desks. music stands and easels. ' On the third floor a fine selection of Rocking. Easy and Reclining Chairs claims particular attention. The celebrated bent wood furni- ture imported from Vienna, Austria, and of which the l‘dessrs. McGar- vey make a specialty, also occupies a prominent position on this flOOr. PARI- OR F Library Tables, Writing Desks. and Easy and Combination all descriptions. No one need despair; the millionnairc can furnish his 1: top to bottom with the finest and most costly, an fill his little tenement with useful and prett} his more limited means. d his junior ' articles at pric Sideboards, Dining Tables, Hall Stands, Bookcases, Wardrobes On entering“ the well-known and e Dame street, the visitor is struck bv the Everything in the furniture line is to be found there five cent chair to a fifteen hundred dolla . r bedroom set, su1t everyone. A walk through those spacious show rooms :5 they really amount in themselves to a Montreal Ir their line. Such must necessarily be the reflect pay; a visit to this firm’s prominent establishment nspcction through their attractive warerooms. OWEN MCGARVEY Son Art in the household and beauty in 11 life was the gospel propounded by the late elevators of the human mind, and to realiz made in this direction it is well worth u-hi] nifieent show rooms of the old established A Sideboard for $4.50. a l Mattrass and SpIings for etc., very low. We are ma afaTHE MARSH 5......“ YOUR HOMES CAN BE FURNISHED CHEAPY nowadays compared with the outlay that would have necessary a few years ago. Well-made Furniture was me cheaper in price than it is to-davâ€"â€"with us. at 19: c+ It’s a well recognized fact that daily surroundings have much moulding of character. If the home be neatly furnished the chances are that the good man will come home early 0’ nights and that the children will grow up refined and gentle. ANDERSON, N UGEN T On reaching the second floor a beautiful assortment of Furniture You Wm find our Fumiture 554-50. a Bureau for a Bureau for $4, a Bedstead for $2, or a. for $5. Common Chairs, Hall Furniture: making a. speciai drive in Mattrasses. URNITURE extensive warerooms on e excellent display of ow rooms :5 a revelation; in fact Montreal Industrial exhibition in the reflections of anyone who tablishment and mikes a tour of can furnish his house of McGill .street. 13', and his junior clerk can 7 articles at prices to suit ; r u1 mture was never with us. at least. ’e, from a twenty- 3 and prices to much to do Chairs of Notre from We offer fore